Albany Congress

American  

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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Example Sentences

It was he who had submitted the plan of union to the Albany Congress in 1754, which with modifications was recommended by that congress for adoption.

From The Fathers of the Constitution; a chronicle of the establishment of the Union by Farrand, Max

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 Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

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 Hayes, Carlton J. H.

Before passing to his share in this conflict, a word should be said about the Albany Congress, in which he was the guiding spirit.

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

The essential features of the Albany plan of union were all outlined by Franklin three or four years before the Albany Congress met, in a letter to James Parker, his New York partner.

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