As Premier, Joseph Howe argued that the same registered voters should decide if Nova Scotia should join the Confederation. He compared the proposed plan for Confederation to uniting Scotland with Poland, making the case that Nova Scotia’s wants did not match Canada’s. Even after 1867, Howe fought to repeal Confederation. When he realized he couldn't change the Confederation, he tried to improve the agreement conditions for Nova Scotia.

I chose this event because I feel like Joseph Howe's choices to let the registered voters decide if Nova Scotia should join the Confederation is a very big move because he let people in the province make the decision.

The Great Coalition was formed. Reform leader, George Brown, joined a coalition with John A. Macdonald's Conservatives and George-Étienne Cartier's Bleus, starting the process of Confederation in the Province of Canada. The ministers of the Great Coalition were sworn in on June 30.

This is important in my opinion because it is the beginning of the process of Confederation spreading into Canada.

John A. Macdonald attended the Charlottetown Conference to persuade the Maritime provinces to join the Canadian Confederation. This brought together influential political leaders of British North America and laid the groundwork for Canadian Confederation.

This is an important event because many political leaders came together to discuss Canadian Confederation.

Confederation was argued about at the Quebec Conferences, where the Quebec Resolutions were agreed upon, shaping the path for Confederation. John A. Macdonald wrote out 50 of the 72 resolutions for the Confederation.

This is a big factor because John A. Macdonald traveled to Quebec to gain their power for Confederation.

A party of Confederate agents based in Canada raided the town of St. Albans, Vermont. This northern land action of the American Civil War caused a lot of tension between Great Britain and the United States. Incidents like the St. Albans Raid increased fears of American expansion to the north in the lead to Canadian Confederation.

This plays a big role because the fear of expanding into America to the north raised a lot of fear for Canadian Confederation.

The legislative council of the Province of Canada adopted an address pushing the Imperial Parliament to pass legislation to get the union of British North America. The Assembly adopted the address on March 11.

I think this is important because it is introducing the Imperial Pariament into Confederation.

The New Brunswick government, led by pro-Confederation Leonard Tilley, was defeated in the only election held on the issue of Confederation.

I think this is important because a political leader was defeated in the only election that had merit for the issue of Confederation.

Sixteen delegates from the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick met with the British government in London, England. During the three-month conference, delegates reviewed the Québec Resolutions, creating a document that would form the basis of the British North American Act. They chose Canada as the name of the new country and made it a dominion.

This plays a factor because Canada became a new country.

The British North American Act was passed by the British Parliament and given royal assent by Queen Victoria on March 29. It came into effect on July 1. The Act joined the colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick in one federal union. In 1999, Nunavut became Canada’s newest territory. Its creation establishes self-governance for the region’s Inuit population.

This is a big factor because the British North American Act was given royal assent by Queen Victoria and Nunavut became Canada's newest territory.

Amor De Cosmos' resolution calling for the admission of BC into Confederation on fair terms was given unanimous support by the colony's legislative council.

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/confederation

https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/foundation_gr5/blms/5-4-4h.pdf