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Konfederacja (latin confederatio) was a privilege of szlachta in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to form a military organisation in order to achieve a common political aim.
Sometimes confederation is erroneously used in the place of federation. Nations which originally started out as confederations retained the word in their titles after officially becoming federations, such as Brazil and Switzerland. The United States of America was a confederation first before becoming a federation with the ratification of the US constitution.
As a verbal noun, confederation refers to the process of (or the event of) confederating, i.e. establishing a federation or confederation. For example, in Canada the phrase "after the Confederation" generally means "after the British North America Act of 1867", which has established the Dominion of Canada.
Confederation Day or Federation Day is frequently a holiday in federations or confederations, equivalent to Independence DayAn Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony of another state. Most countries honor their respective independence day as a national holid for any entity that achieved statehood as such. This is often renamed or colloquially celebrated under a different name (e.g. in Canada Confederation Day (July 1st) was renamed Dominion Day, and later was renamed Canada DayCanada Day is Canada's national holiday. It is celebrated on July 1. It celebrates the creation of a Canadian Confederation through the British North America Act, which was proclaimed in force effective on July 1, 1867, uniting the Province of Canada ( On).