Charlottetown and Quebec Confederation of 1864

In September 1864, leaders from the colonies of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada met at the Charlottetown Conference, where they built relationships and agreed in principle to a federal union. That agreement led to the Québec Conference the following month, where the Fathers of Confederation drafted the 72 Resolutions that laid the foundation of the British North America Act. Signed into law by Queen Victoria, this constitutional act created the Dominion of Canada on July 1st 1867.