Seventy-two resolutions

Seventy-two resolutions

The seventy-two resolutions were a set of proposals drafted at the 1864 Quebec Conference, which laid out the framework for the Canadian Constitution.They were adopted by the majority of the provinces of Canada, and became the basis for the London Conference of 1866.

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