ALBANY CONGRESS

an of the representatives of seven colonies, called together by the Crown, meeting in Albany, N. Y., June 19, 1754, to discu measures protection against the war with that was then threatening. The represented were New York, Island. Two main propositions set forth; first, a league with the Nations, which was finally accepted. The second, proposed by Franklin, of special interest as a prophetic tion of the future. His proposal was the colonies should form a od aan federal union, to be governed General Council, the President of should be appointed by the The Union should have the power form and maintain a standing force, to build forts and to take all Measures as a nation usually for protection against foreign