Which conference is credited with finalizing terms of Confederation and drafting the constitution?

• A. Charlottetown Conference
• B. Quebec Conference
• C. London Conference
• D. Montreal Conference

Answer: (C)

The final terms of Confederation and the drafting of the constitutional framework were settled at the London Conference. In 1866, delegates from the British North American colonies met in London to hammer out the remaining details and to produce the draft constitution that would govern the new federation. That draft became the British North America Act (now the Constitution Act, 1867), laying out the federal system and the powers of provinces and the central government. The earlier gatherings—Charlottetown and Quebec—provided the groundwork and specific proposals, but it was London where the terms were finalized and the constitution took shape. The Montreal meeting is not the milestone that produced the constitutional framework.