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Quiet Revolution
1960s period of socio-political change in Quebec, Canada
Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution (French: Révolution tranquille [ʁevɔlysjõʊ̃ tʁãkɪl]) was a period of socio-political and socio-cultural transformation in French Canada, particularly in Quebec, following the 1960 Quebec general election. This period was marked by the secularization of the government, the establishment of a state-administered welfare state known as the état-providence, a shift in political alignment toward federalist and separatist (or sovereignist) factions (each faction influenced by Quebec nationalism), and the eventual election of a pro-sovereignty provincial government in the 1976 election. The Quiet Revolution is often associated with the efforts of the Liberal Party of Quebec's government led by Jean Lesage (elected in 1960) and, to some extent, Robert Bourassa (elected in 1970 after Daniel Johnson of the Union Nationale in 1966). A primary change was an effort by the provincial government to assume greater control over healthcare and education, both of which had previously been...
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