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United Upper + Lower Canada
Upper and Lower Canada had been united into the province of Canada -
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Events Leading To the BNA Act
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. -
Repcipocity Treatment
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. -
GTR + Toronto
The Grand Trunk Railroad opened a line between Toronto and Montréal. -
Capital Chosen
John A. Macdonald was the prime minister of Canada and asked Queen Victoria to pick a capital. She chose Ottowa. -
Political Deadlock
Equal amount of votes for each side making it impossible to pass any new laws. -
Parliament Building
The cornerstone of the Parliament Buildings was laid on September 1. -
Governments Fall
In the 3 years before 1864, four governments resigned and there were two general elections. -
A Coalition
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. -
Charlotte Town Conference
From Sept. 1 to Sept. 9 the conference took place. This was the first step towards confederation. -
Quebec Conference
The conference was held from Oct. 10 to 27, there they identified the 72 resolutions upon which the union would be based on. -
First Assembly
The Assembly met there for the first time. -
London Conference
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". -
BNA Act
A confederation was formed for all the British colonies in North America.
