A Brief History of Quebec

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This week, we're going to celebrate the Canadian Province Quebec's birthday by doing a quick history of the strange place.

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Sources:

Desbiens, Caroline. Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec

Dickinson, John A., and Brian Young. A Short History of Quebec

Fyson, Donald. "Between the Ancien Régime and Liberal Modernity: Law, Justice and State Formation in colonial Quebec, 1760–1867," History Compass 12#5 (2014) pp 412–432