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OCR: CONFEDERATION John A Macdonald originally opposed the idea of Confederation. He was afraid of rushing into experiments that might weaken rather than strengthen British North America The United States had just fallen apart pue into civil war Macdonald also feared thata weak Canada would open the doors to an American takeover Then, almost overnight Macdonald became the staunchesi proponent of Confederation He worked hard at the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences to ensure that Canada under Confederation had a powerful federal government As a skilled constitut tional lawyer Macdonald drafted two- -thirds of the provisions of the British North America Act On July 1, 1867 the Dominion 01 Canada was born, with John A Macdonald as its first Prime Minister BIOGRAPHY of 9 staunchest constitutiona ...