THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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Response to Townshend Acts calling for unity and suggesting a joint petition of protest; not the letter itself but the ministry’s reaction united the colonies
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Inter-colonial association that was designed to channel resistance into acceptable forms; essentially wealthier colonists who opposed English reforms but still were afraid of slaves wanting freedom.
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discuss 2 goals to persuade Iroquois to abandon traditional neutrality and to coordinate defenses of colonies
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Prime Minister of England in 1763 who believed that American colonies should be more tightly administered; had to find new sources of funds to face national debt and decided colonists should have to help pay.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The purposes of the Albany Congress were twofold; to try to secure the support and cooperation of the Iroquois in fighting the French, and to form a colonial alliance based on a design by Benjamin Franklin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Albany Congress, conference in U.S. colonial history (June 19–July 11, 1754) at Albany, New York, that advocated a union of the British colonies in North America for their security and defense against the French, foreshadowing their later unification.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1754 the British government asked colonial representatives to meet in Albany, New York, to develop a treaty with Native Americans and plan the defense of the colonies against France.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Plan represented one of multiple early attempts to form a union of the colonies “under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes.” The plan was rejected but it was a forerunner for the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.