Quiet Revolution
Quebec's sixties modernization
The Quiet Revolution was a period of rapid social, political, and cultural transformation in Quebec during the 1960s.
The province secularized its institutions, expanded government services, and asserted French Canadian identity—all without violence, hence "quiet." The term now applies to any fundamental but peaceful societal shift: The women's movement was a quiet revolution in American life.
Native speaker of French
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- language lawsStatutes regulating official speech
- referendumDirect vote on legislation
Improve by correcting faults
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- social changeTransformation of collective behavior
- women's rightsLegal equality for females
- labor rightsEmployees' legal workplace entitlements
democratization · emancipation · equality · empowerment · grassroots · activism · student movements · trade unions
Pope-led Christian denomination
- education reformEfforts to better schooling
- birth controlPreventing conception intentionally
- state schoolsGovernment-funded educational institutions
- religious ordersVowed spiritual communities
church attendance · parochial · seminary · convent schools · moral authority · social services · welfare state
Government acquisition of industry
- public sectorState-controlled economic portion
- unionizationForming a labor collective
- state interventionPublic authority involvement
- welfare stateGovernment-funded citizen support system
infrastructure · industrialization · bureaucratization · technocrats · civil service · education system · healthcare reform · economic planning
francophone
Native speaker of French
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- language lawsStatutes regulating official speech
referendum · cultural identity · Radio-Canada · separatism · federalism
reform
Improve by correcting faults
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
- social changeTransformation of collective behavior
- women's rightsLegal equality for females
labor rights · democratization · emancipation · equality · empowerment · grassroots · activism · student movements · trade unions · social mobility
Catholic Church
Pope-led Christian denomination
- education reformEfforts to better schooling
- birth controlPreventing conception intentionally
- state schoolsGovernment-funded educational institutions
religious orders · church attendance · parochial · seminary · convent schools · moral authority · social services · welfare state
nationalization
Government acquisition of industry
- public sectorState-controlled economic portion
- unionizationForming a labor collective
- state interventionPublic authority involvement
welfare state · infrastructure · industrialization · bureaucratization · technocrats · civil service · education system · healthcare reform · economic planning · baby boom
- Canadian HistoryConfederation, Rupert's Land, colonial era, colonial government, self-government
- QuebecQuebec City, Montreal, premier, National Assembly, premiers
- Quebec HistoryNew France, Quebec, Champlain, Samuel de Champlain, Jacques Cartier
- Canadian CatholicismJesuits, Catholic parishes, separate schools, parish priests, archdioceses
- Quebec Literature
- Canadian FaithCatholicism, Anglicanism, Sikhism, Judaism, Islam
Quiet Revolutionarmed uprising
Violent revolt against authority
French Revolution · civil war · Russian Revolution · military coup · guerrilla warfare
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