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1. Canadian Colonial Government

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   The Shift to Confederation
   The final phase of the CCG involved the consolidation of the disparate colonies into a single dominion. Following decades of political deadlock, exacerbated by the differing needs of the East and West within the Province of Canada, the British government sanctioned inter-colonial conferences. The resulting British North America Act, 1867 dissolved the formal apparatus of the colonial government, replacing it with the federal structure of the Dominion of Canada, thereby achieving a modified form of self-governance wh…