The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states
The coming together of the colonies in British North America Three colonies were made into four provinces These were Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick They became the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867 The other provinces and territories joined later
a form of government in which the member states give up a small amount of power to a central government but retain most of the power for themselves Sovereignty remains with the member states
A confederation is normally a looser union of states formed for a common purpose Each part of a confederation (or confederal state) is normally free to leave, as in case of the constituent republics
A confederation divides an autonomous system into subautonomous systems and assigns a confederation identifier to the autonomous systems In a confederation, each subautonomous system is fully meshed with other subautonomous systems The subautonomous systems communicate using an IGP, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)
A federal system of government in which sovereign constituent governments create a central government but balance of power remains with constituent governments
In Newfoundland, refers to the union of Newfoundland and Labrador with Canada Also refers to 1949, the year this union took place
several different tribes or nations that agree to meet regularly to make important decisions
the name given to the federation of Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick when Canada was created in 1867 Six other provinces and three territories have since joined Confederation