Albany Congress

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noun

American History.

1. a meeting of delegates from seven American colonies, held in 1754 at Albany, New York, at which Benjamin Franklin proposed a plan AlbanyPlanofUnion for unifying the colonies.

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Albany Congress

This was the question which the Albany Congress had tried to settle in 1754, and which the Federal Convention did settle in 1787.

From The War of Independence by John Fiske

Important also was the Albany Congress of 1754, in which delegates from seven colonies came together and discussed Benjamin Franklin's scheme for federating the thirteen colonies.

From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. Hayes

He went about the alteration of the Book of Common Prayer exactly as if he were framing a constitution for the Albany Congress or for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce

From the outbreak of King William's War, in 1689, to 1754, the date of the Albany Congress, there were at least a dozen intercolonial conferences called to consider means for the common defense.

From Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition by J.A. James

The Acts of the Albany Congress of 1774 opened the eyes of the people to the possibilities of strength by united efforts.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean