Definition von confederation im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others
In Canada, the date of Confederation; 1 July 1867.
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
A group of states that willingly enter into an alliance to form a political unit for a common purpose, such as economic security or defense; it is highly interdependent, but has a weak directorate organization thus allowing the individuals states to maintain a fairly high degree of sovereignty
a code word for permanent partition by Turkey of the occupied areas and the legalization of the illegal status quo on the island Further, a confederation as the basis of a solution contravenes all international resolutions and even the High Level agreements that the Turkish side have agreed upon See also Taksim
A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes. the Confederation of Indian Industry. plans to partition the republic into a confederation of mini-states. a group of people, political parties, or organizations that have united for political purposes or trade. Swiss Confederation Articles of Confederation Confederation of the Rhine German Confederation New England Confederation North German Confederation
The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada (now known as Quebec and Ontario) Other provinces were later added to this union, Alberta joining in 1905
the act of forming an alliance or confederation a union of political organizations
(1806-13) Union of all the states of Germany, except Austria and Prussia, under the aegis of Napoleon. Napoleon's primary interest in the confederation, which enabled the French to unify and dominate the country, was as a counterweight to Austria and Prussia. The confederation was abolished after Napoleon's fall from power, but the consolidation it entailed contributed to the movement for German unification
an agreement made in 1781 by the 13 original colonies of the US, which established a government for the US, and which was used as the basic law of the country until the Constitution of the United States was written and agreed in 1789. Early U.S. constitution (1781-89) under the government by the Continental Congress, replaced in 1787 by the U.S. Constitution. It provided for a confederation of sovereign states and gave the Congress power to regulate foreign affairs, war, and the postal service, to control Indian affairs, and to borrow money. Under the Articles, Congress settled state claims to western lands and established the Northwest Ordinances. But Congress had no power to enforce its requests to the states for money or troops, and by late 1786 the government had ceased to be effective, as was demonstrated by Shays's Rebellion (1786-87) against courts that had been enforcing seizures of property for debt. Delegates to the Annapolis Convention called a meeting of all the states to amend the Articles
(1815-66) Organization of the states of central Europe, established by the Congress of Vienna to replace the destroyed Holy Roman Empire. It was a loose political association of 39 German states, formed for mutual defense, with no central executive or judiciary. Delegates met in a federal diet dominated by Austria. Amid a growing call for reform and economic integration, conservative leaders, including Klemens, prince von Metternich, persuaded the confederation's princes to pass the repressive Carlsbad Decrees (1819), and in the 1830s Metternich led the federal diet in passing additional measures to crush liberalism and nationalism. The formation of the Zollverein and the Revolutions of 1848 undermined the confederation. It was dissolved with the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and the establishment of the North German Confederation
or United Colonies of New England Organization of four American colonies. In 1643 delegates from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Haven, and Plymouth met to solve trade, boundary, and religious disputes and to form a common defense against the French, Dutch, and Indians. They drew up articles of agreement and established a directorate of eight commissioners. The confederation was weakened by its advisory status and by the 1665 merger of Connecticut and New Haven. It was active in King Philip's War but dissolved in 1684 when the Massachusetts charter was revoked
(1867-71) Union of the German states north of the Main River, formed after Prussia's victory in the Seven Weeks' War. The confederation recognized the individual states' rights but was effectively controlled by Prussia, whose king served as its president and whose chancellor was Otto von Bismarck. Its constitution served as a model for that of the German Empire, with which it merged in 1871
a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by gave the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens