After the taking of Canada in the French and Indan War, the province was under ” the rule of the soldiers,” as it was called. Canada was divided into the three districts of Montreal, Quebec, and Three Rivers, each administered by a military chief, General Gage, General Murray, and Colonel Page being the respective rulers. By their impartiality and their consideration for local prejudices the military won the confidence of the people in a surprising degree. Later the Three Rivers colony would be taken out, leaving only Quebec and Montreal as the Canadian provinces. When the Treaty of Paris took effect many Canadians went bankrupt because the currency of card money created by the King of France was worthless in Britain. Their french merchants were also hampered by the British laws on trade and navigation. Some of these merchants commenced to help create disaffection among the western Indians who had strong sympathy for France. This slightly helped the rise of Pontiac's Rebellion in 1763. For eighteen months after the treaty, all French who wished to leave for France could. Along with this it was ruled that the French colonies would establish English civil as well as criminal law, requiring oaths preventing Canadians from serving on the general assemblies they wanted the king to establish due to their Roman Catholic Religion. However for the most part at the beginning, the French had no conception of representative institution in the English sense, and were content with any system of government that left them with their language, religion, and civil law, without interference.