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Albany Plan
Only one of Washington's men was killed. For all concerned, the summer of 1754 provided images and lessons that many of them would not forget. Another reason the plan did not push through was that it never got presented to the Parliament for authorization. That the Commissioners from the several Governments be desired to lay the same before their respective constituents for their consideration, and that the Secretary to this Board transmit a copy thereof with their vote thereon to the Governor of each of the Colonies which have not sent their Commissioners to this Congress. Those reported as arriving on the 15th may therefore have been from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The Albany Congress has been accorded its place in most standard American history books and in virtually all the historical accounts of the history of Albany. James DeLancey had summoned the Albany Congress to meet on June 14, but its opening session did not take place until the 19th.
Imperial officials saw the advantages of bringing the colonies under closer authority and supervision, while colonists saw the need to organize and defend common interests. The delay was caused chiefly by the failure of some of the Iroquois to come to Albany on time, but even the colonial representatives did not arrive until after the scheduled opening date. New Hampshire: Theodore Atkinson, Richard Wibird, Meshech Weare, Henry Sherburne, Jr. DeLancey also sends word that provisions available for the Indians are exhausted and he can maintain them no longer; Board agrees to take over support of Indians at Albany. In order to carefully consider so many bills at one time, each house has set up many different committees.
James DeLancey, and Joseph Murray, William Johnson, John Chambers, and William Smith, New York councilors. The exact days of these arrivals is of some consequence because Lawrence H. Texts of the Commissions: Massachusetts: Samuel Welles, John Chandler, Thomas Hutchinson, Oliver Partridge, John Worthington. Other modern renderings of the historic conclave are depicted. Draft speech settled upon, read, and unanimously approved; text entered in minutes. It was, nevertheless, a farsighted document. Pennsylvania: John Penn, Richard Peters, Isaac Norris, Benjamin Franklin.
But whatever the dates of arrival of the several provincial delegations, no contemporary evidence has been found that they held any informal meetings with each other to discuss plans of colonial union before the formal convening of the Congress. Commissioners were therefore present from the four New England colonies of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and from the two proprietary provinces of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Second Continental Congress meeting started wit … h the battle ofLexington and Concord fresh in their memories. The British Government in London had ordered the colonial governments to meet in 1754, initially because of a breakdown in negotiations between the colony of New York and the Mohawk nation, which was part of the Iroquois Confederation. The plan suggested the eleven British colonies unite into their own confederacy, under the authority of a leader appointed by the British Crown. The Second Continental Congress establishedthe militia as the Continental Army to represent the thirteenstates. The northern colonies were most concerned, as they shared a border with the French colony in Canada, but the mid-Atlantic colonies were also affected by differing loyalties of various Native American nations, usually related to their trading with France or Great Britain.
The tract sold to the Proprietors included all that part of Pennsylvania lying beyond a V-shaped line running from the Maryland boundary northeast along the Kittatinny Mountains, or Blue Hills, to the Susquehanna River, the west bank of that river to a point just below the mouth of the West Branch, and from there northwest by west to the limits of the province see map, facing p. The document may have helped persuade the Board of Trade to insist on the calling of the Albany Congress. Introduced on June 19, the commissioners adopted a final version of the plan on July 10. At this meeting Benjamin proposed a plan for union of the colonies, which was rejected by the colonial governments. The next day DeLancey sent around Goldsbrow Banyar, the deputy secretary of the province, asking the commissioners to meet with him the following morning, Wednesday, June 19, to organize the Congress and proceed to business.
They aspired to come up with a treaty with the Mohawks. All above commissioners present except Hutchinson. The Mohawks and other Native groups were represented at the meetings as well. In 1754, war in North America, pitting Great Britain against France and her Indian allies, loomed on the horizon. Written mainly by , the plan provided for one general government for all the colonies to manage defense and Indian affairs, pass laws, and raise taxes.
Thomas Hutchinson, the last commissioner to arrive, appeared at the Congress on June 21, two days after it had begun. This unified government would have the power to declare war, make peace treaties, raise an army, issue taxes and pass new legislation. Citation Information The following information is provided for citations. Had the Albany Plan been adopted, the two branches of government, the Grand Council and the president General, would have worked as a unified government charged with dealing with disputes and agreements between the colonies, as well as regulating colonial relations and treaties with the Indian tribes. A treaty was concluded, but the of Pennsylvania were resentful of a land purchase made by that colony at Albany and allied themselves with the French in the ensuing.
Hendrick and the Iroquois Confederacy left the Albany Congress as reluctant allies. Conclusion The Albany Congress was a success in that the Iroquois Confederacy became allies with the English during the French and Indian War, which broke out in 1754. More generally, imperial officials wanted a treaty between the colonies and the Iroquois that would articulate a clear colonial-Indian relations policy. Colonial governments, sensing that it would curb their own authority and territorial rights, either rejected the plan or chose not to act on it at all. The Albany plan of colonial union failed because of opposition from both the king and the colonies: each thought it granted the other too much power. Preparing for War The Albany Congress, which is also known as the Albany Conference, took place in New York on June 19 to July 11, 1754.
