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Upper and Lower Canada had been united into the province of Canada
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The Act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its federal structure, the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system.
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The Reciprocity Treaty was signed between Canada and the United States on June 6. The treaty effectively reduced and balanced custom duties between the two.
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The Grand Trunk Railroad opened a line between Toronto and Montréal.
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John A. Macdonald was the prime minister of Canada and asked Queen Victoria to pick a capital. She chose Ottowa.
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Equal amount of votes for each side making it impossible to pass any new laws.
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The cornerstone of the Parliament Buildings was laid on September 1.
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In the 3 years before 1864, four governments resigned and there were two general elections.
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George Brown made a coalition combining his and John's parties. Together they could do what no single party could. And with that the political deadlock ended.
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From Sept. 1 to Sept. 9 the conference took place. This was the first step towards confederation.
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The conference was held from Oct. 10 to 27, there they identified the 72 resolutions upon which the union would be based on.
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The Assembly met there for the first time.
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Was the final series of conferences or debates that led to the confederation in 1867. This was a continuation of the Quebec Conference held earlier about the "Seventy-two Resolutions".
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A confederation was formed for all the British colonies in North America.
