October 7, 1774- Wisconsin Territory became British territory

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day- October 7, 1774- the Great Britain Parliament passed the Quebec Act.

After that act passed, Wisconsin’s territory was considered part of British Colonial territory.

Wisconsin became part of the now-Canadian province of Quebec and it put the French form of civil law back in place.

People living in the Wisconsin territory did not like the act and the 13 colonies considered the Quebec Act one of the ‘Intolerable Acts.’

It wasn’t until 1783, nine years after the Revolutionary War, Wisconsin and other British holdings were ceded back to the U.S..

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