Charlottetown Conference Essay

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Timeline of Events, Provinces, and Territories
- September 1st, 1864: The Charlottetown Conference opened to discuss about the confederation of every British North American province, territory, and colony.
- October 10th, 1864: The Quebec Conference opened for discussion of the Seventy-Two Resolutions, as well as the Confederation of Canada.
- December 4th, 1866: The London Conference opened (as the last conference) for discussion about passing resolution and redrafting the BNA (British North American) Act of 1867. Education and defense was also discussed during the conference.
- March 8th – 9th, 1867: The British Parliament passed the BNA Act for the Canadian Confederation.
- July 1st, 1867: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec joined Canada and the …show more content…

- The conference was held in the Confederation Chamber of the Province House.
- The Charlottetown Conference became the first meeting of the Fathers of Confederation.
- Newfoundland was not represented at the conference because it had been invited too late.
- Prince Edward Island was not interested in joining a union that would include the Province of Canada.
- George Monro Grant was a Canadian church minister, writer, and a political activist from Stellarton, Nova Scotia who wanted Canada to extend from ocean to ocean. It is said that he was a good orator and very persuasive.

Quebec
- The Quebec Conference took place between October 10 and October 27, 1864.
- The conference was held in Quebec City (a month after the Charlottetown Conference).
- A total of 16 delegates (people sent to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference) from the provinces that had participated in the previous (Charlottetown) conference attended this

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