Charlottetown Conference
What date did it take place (month, year)?
September, 1864.
What date did it take place (month, year)?
October, 1864.
Q: This conference took place from _ to _ (month, year)
December 1866, March 1867.
What were women NOT allowed to do?
Vote or participate directly.
Canada was officially established on…
July 1, 1867.
What was the conference originally intended to discuss?
A union between the Maritime provinces.
The Quebec Conference aimed to establish the terms of _
Confederation.
Delegates drafted what?
The British North America Act.
Women attended _ events to indirectly participate.
Social.
The day Canada was officially established is known as what?
Dominion Day.
Name one representative from the province of Canada who attended the conference.
John A. Macdonald or George Etienne Cartier.
The conference resulted in…
The 72/ Quebec Resolutions.
Who passed the British North America Act?
The British Parliament.
Women had no what?
Formal decision making power.
_ was appointed the first _ of Canada.
John A. Macdonald, Prime Minister.
Why did the Maritime colonies want to merge into a separate unit?
The Province of Canada had refused to pay part of the costs for the Intercolonial Railway.
The Maritimes demanded what?
Better access to trade and transportation infrastructure.
The British North America Act legally created a…
New, partially self-governing country.
Who is informally considered the mother of Confederation?
Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria’s proclamation declared the union of _, _, _, and _.
Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia.
Why was the province of Canada interested in creating a federal union between all the provinces?
External threats; The USA was forming a large army during the Civil War and Canada would be better protected with military support from all the provinces.
Canada East wanted guarantees of _ , including for _ , _ ,and _
Cultural protection, language, culture, and religion.
Where was the conference held?
Westminster Palace Hotel.
The wife,_, of a Father of Confederation, George Brown, is credited with influencing her husband’s worldview, possibly helping fuel the idea of Confederation.
Anne Nelson Brown.
Why did New Brunswick and Nova Scotia protest Confederation?
They felt it was imposed without their full consent.