- The french war was a war that lasted for seven years - to stop the war they signed a peace treaty with paris - the treaty gave great BRITAIN control over all of the french and british land - 2000 people returned to France but 70,000 French people stayed in Canada - the British tried to teach the French their lifestyle - British people moved to New France (they wanted to destroy the seigneurial system but it did not happen) - The British made a law to allow French Canadians to live their own way - new france was renamed Quebec - the Paris treaty was signed on February 10, 1763, it put an end to France's empire in North America - the only territory that was still French was the island of saint - Pierre and Miquelon. - the Quebec act was made in 1774 - it was wanted to win support from the settlers in New France