The seigneurs seigneur: a landowner in New
France whose estates were
originally granted by the King
of France. He also
administered justice within his
seigneury. and clergy were generally pleased with the constitution constitution: A constitution is
the system of fundamental
principles according to which a
nation, state or group is
governed. established by the Quebec Act because it maintained their position in the community. 
The seigneurs could continue to collect dues and act as judges in local disputes and this firmly established the continuation of the seigneurial system seigneurial system: a feudal
system of land ownership
whereby huge grants put land
ownership in the hands of
seigneurs who rented sections
to farmers..
The Roman Catholic clergy was also happy that it still had the right to collect tithes tithe: a portion, usually onetenth,
of your yearly produce
(from land, animals or work)
given to support the church and
clergy. and its leading citizens could sit on governing bodies. 
The British had an underlying agenda, however, and hoped to undermine the church eventually by such things as refusing appeals to the pope, confiscating Jesuit holdings and introducing a Protestant tithe.