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The Quebec Separatists
Canadians are known to be a generally hard-working and quiet people. When one of the provinces wanted to split off, however, that quiet reserve was stirred up. If Quebec decided she wanted to separate from Canada, she was in for a fight.
There were several reasons for Quebec's situation. From its original settlement, the Roman Catholic Church had encouraged the people to be farmers. Schools were run by the church, and they did little to educate students in the sciences or matters of business. Businesses were mostly run by the English and Scots who administered Quebec when it was a colony. Later on, their descendants maintained that position.
Beginning around 1960 during the Quiet Revolution, Quebec society changed. The French laborers wanted to control their own society. From that grew a new movement for sovereignty. Sovereignty meant that the people of Quebec would control their own economy, government, and culture. The man who led this rush for change was Rene Levesque.
