George Rex Flag
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george-rex-flag-230-994964
title:
George Rex Flag
text:
The George Rex Flag was a protest flag used in the Province of New York at the start of the American Revolutionary War. The flag was adopted following the passage of the Quebec Act 1774 whereby French Canadian Roman Catholics were granted emancipation and Roman Catholicism was adopted as the state church of the Province of Quebec. Though it is not known exactly what the design of the flag was, the commonly accepted version consisted of either an altered Red Ensign or Blue Ensign with the words "
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Protest flag used in the Province of New York at the start of the American Revolutionary War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rex_Flag
date created:
2016-08-07T22:32:22Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T17:39:26Z
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13
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