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The Charlottetown and Québec Conferences of 1864

Province House in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, photographed in 2012.
Province House in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, photographed in 2012. Province House (Charlottetown) · Doug Kerr · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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In September 1864, the Charlottetown Conference brought together leaders from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada, who agreed in principle to a federal union. At the Québec Conference the following month, the delegates drafted the 72 Resolutions, which laid the foundation of the British North America Act.

Scope & context

The two 1864 conferences, not the 1866 London Conference or Confederation itself (see CA-K001).

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