Confederation Achieved!! The Charlottetown, Quebec and London Conferences

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Confederation Achieved!!The Charlottetown,
Quebec and London Conferences

• History 3

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Confederation conferences

• In 1864, two conferences were held that changed
  the course of history for the British North
  American colonies. They were the Charlottetown
  Conference and the Quebec Conference.
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The Charlottetown Conference

• On September 1, 1864, delegates from New
  Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island
  colonies meet to discuss a union (confederation)
  among themselves. NFLD does not attend
• The Canadian (Canada East and West) delegates
  have joined them but propose a wider union that
  includes Canada and the Maritime colonies.
• The delegates agree to meet again to discuss the
  Canadian delegations idea at another conference
  in Quebec City next month.

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The Charlottetown Conference
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The Charlottetown Conference
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The Quebec Conference

• The politicians from all of the colonies,
  including NFLD, meet to discuss the idea of
  confederation between all of the colonies and to
  work out all of the details.
• Their plan becomes known as the Seventy-Two
  Resolutions. Some of the plans highlights
  include

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The Seventy-Two Resolutions

• That there be a strong central government that
  dealt with issues that affected the whole
  country, like defence, trade and foreign affairs.
• Each province would look after its own affairs.
• The system of government would follow the British
  model and constitution and the head of government
  would be the King or Queen.
• The federal government would have an elected
  House of Commons and an appointed Legislative
  Assembly (Senate).
• Members in the House of Commons would be elected
  according to the principle of representation by
  population.
• NFLD, the Northwest Territories and British
  Columbia would be allowed to join the unions as
  terms were worked out.

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The Quebec Conference
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The Quebec Conference
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Conference, 1867
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The Quebec Conference
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The London Conference

• Over the next two years, many discussions and
  debates have raged across the colonies arguing
  for and against Confederation.
• In the end, the people in Canada East, Canada
  West, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have voted in
  favour of Confederation.
• But, the union is not official until the British
  Parliament approves it
• 16 delegates from Canada went to Britain
  throughout the winter of 1866-67 to create
  legislation that the British Parliament would
  pass in order to allow Canada to be created.
  This was called the London Conference.

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The London Conference
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The Constitution Act, 1867

• The British North America Act is passed by the
  British Parliament.
• When Queen Victoria signed the legislation on
  July 1, 1867, Canada was created!!
• The Dominion of Canada united the provinces of
  New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec and
  Ontario.

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Our Changing Flag
The Union Jack 1867-1945
The Red Ensign 1945-1965
The Maple Leaf 1965- present