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During the American Civil War the militarization of American society alarmed the British to the extent of encouraging her colonies to work together for the common defense. Charlottetown Conference was conceived as a union between the Maritime colonies but was joined by the Province of Canada leading later to the Quebec Conference, the London Conference and finally Canadian Confederation. So WI through either better leadership or technological breakthrough the Americans avoided civil war, does this merely delay progress or stop it whole heartedly.