In hopes of ending the political deadlock and to make Confederation a reality, Canada’s original British North America Act of 1867 was created as a result of three major conferences. The conferences took place in Charlottetown, Quebec, and London. Each had its own reasons as to why they were organized, with different occurrences at each event, and various results leading to the next conference. In order to completely understand the events leading up to the British North America Act, analysis of each of the conferences before, during, and after should be completed. The first conference held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, would change the course of Canada’s history. The original intention of the Charlottetown conference was to discuss the idea of a Maritime union and its benefits for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. By the 1860’s, with the debt of the Atlantic colonies and the threat of the United States invading their land (http://www.cbc.ca/), the colonies understood a conference was imminent. However, with the participation of representatives from Canada East and West, they managed to change the goal to a larger union resulting in further discussions. “The idea of a Maritime Union was not new, but in 1864 it generated renewed enthusiasm” (TEXTBOOK) setting the stage for the Charlottetown Conference. The Atlantic colonies felt “they would have little influence in a united parliament . . . [and] saw themselves as distant and isolated from the Canadas” (TEXTBOOK). They were also losing money due to the construction of railways and the United States military was a threat to the small, divided colonies to the north. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island turned to the idea of a Maritime union. They chose delegates to speak and held a conference in September of 1864 in Charlottetown between the first and the ninth. At the same time, the Province of Canada “had problems of its own, springing from the legislative union of Canada East and Canada West . . . request[ing] permission to attend the meeting” (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/) as they thought it would solve their problems. The attendance of the Province of Canada would ultimately cause the topic of a Maritime union to be overshadowed by the matter of forming a nation. Delegates from each colony came to Charlottetown and the Atlantic colonies decided to hear what the Canadians, led by John Macdonald, had to say. “On the first official day of the conference, Macdonald spoke at length about the benefits of a union of all of British North America. The next day, Alexander Galt . . . presented a well-researched description of the financial workings of such a union. On the third day, George Brown discussed the legal structure. And on the fourth day, Thomas D'Arcy McGee praised the nationalist identity” (http://www.cbc.ca/). The meetings were adjourned on the ninth, but they were able to persuade the colonies into overthrowing the idea of a Maritime union, establishing the idea of Confederation. John Macdonald and his group of men were successful resulting in having the Atlantic colonies agree to their larger goal of Confederation. “But the terms of the union remained to be worked out - a daunting political task” (http://www.cbc.ca/). The delegates agreed to meet again and “that the idea of British North American union had enough merit to warrant further discussion, and formal planning” (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/). Consequently, a second conference was scheduled to take place in Quebec City the following month. The Charlottetown conference came to a close and each colony left with high hopes in resolving their problems. A drastic change had to happen with the Province of Canada in turmoil and the Atlantic colonies slowly losing the small power that they had. The Charlottetown Conference was organized in hopes creating change in the Atlantic colonies and when the Province of Canada heard a conference was to take place, they quickly obtained an invitation. “The members of the Canadian delegation impressed the Atlantic colonies with their argumen