The Conquest (French La Conquête) is the term describing the acquisition of parts of New France by Britain during the French and Indian War and its consequences.
Governor General, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, surrendered the French colony known as Canada on 8 September 1760. Britain assured the 60,000 to 70,000[1] Francophone inhabitants freedom from deportation, freedom to return to France, no confiscation of property, equal treatment in the fur trade (staple of the local economy), and religious freedom.[2] The Treaty of Paris made the northern portion of New France (including Canada and some additional lands to the south and west) officially a British colony.[2] The Quebec Act of 1774 confirmed the previous agreement.