Albany Congress of 1754

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Properties (73)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:assemblyLocation intercolonial_congress
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
King George's War
gptkbp:date 1754
gptkbp:historicalContext prelude_to_the_American_Revolution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Albany Congress of 1754
gptkbp:impact demonstrated the need for colonial unity
influenced future colonial meetings
set a precedent for cooperation among colonies
foreshadowed_the_Continental_Congress
highlighted_colonial_grievances_against_Britain
gptkbp:key_figure gptkb:Thomas_Hutchinson
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:William_Shirley
gptkbp:location gptkb:Albany,_New_York
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Albany_Plan_of_Union
gptkbp:outcome failed to achieve unity
gptkbp:participants British_colonies
gptkbp:produces gptkb:Albany_Plan_of_Union
gptkbp:purpose discuss colonial defense
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:French_and_Indian_War
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:William_Whipple
gptkb:Colonel_Peter_Schuyler
gptkb:George_Clinton
gptkb:John_Sullivan
gptkb:John_Ashe
gptkb:Iroquois_Confederacy
gptkb:Josiah_Bartlett
gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:Francis_Lewis
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkb:Samuel_Adams
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Richard_Stockton
gptkb:Thomas_Stone
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Samuel_Chase
gptkb:Francis_Hopkinson
gptkb:Richard_Caswell
gptkb:John_Hancock
gptkb:Lyman_Hall
gptkb:Benjamin_Rush
gptkb:Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton
gptkb:Patrick_Henry
gptkb:William_Livingston
gptkb:Richard_Henry_Lee
gptkb:Sir_William_Johnson
gptkb:John_Witherspoon
gptkb:George_Walton
gptkb:John_Dickinson
gptkb:Stephen_Hopkins
gptkb:James_DeLancey
gptkb:John_Langdon
gptkb:Matthew_Thornton
gptkb:Button_Gwinnett
gptkb:William_Paca
gptkb:William_Ellery
gptkb:Joseph_Hewes
gptkb:William_Hooper
gptkb:Governor_George_Clinton
Nicholas Gilman
James_Moore.
gptkbp:resolution establishment of a colonial defense
proposed a system of taxation
formation_of_a_Grand_Council
proposed_a_military_alliance_with_the_Iroquois
gptkbp:significance first attempt at uniting the colonies
gptkbp:treaty Treaty of Paris 1763
Treaty of Fort Stanwix 1768