Iroquois Confederacy (League)

•Senaca

•Cayuga

•Onondaga

•Oneida

•Mohawk

“ It would be a strange thing if Six Nations of ignorant savages should be capable of forming a scheme for such a union, and be able to execute it in such a manner as that it has subsisted ages and appears indissoluble; and yet that a like union should be impracticable for ten or a dozen English colonies.”- Benjamin Franklin

Albany Congress• War start bad for British• Needed to do something• Led by Ben Franklin• Representatives from seven

northern colonies • About 150 Iroquois• Met in Albany, NY

PURPOSE1. To form a colonial nation for

a united defense2. To persuade the Iroquois to

be English allies

1. What do the letters next to the snake parts stand for?2. Why does the snake have 8 parts, and not 13?3. Which of the following slogans best reflects the general

theme of Franklin’s cartoon?a. In unity there is strengthb. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.c. Too many cooks spoil the broth.4. What message was Franklin’s cartoon delivering to the

delegates at the Albany Congress?

Results of Albany Congress1. Delegates accept the Albany Plan of Union

a. Grand Council w/ delegates from each colony

b. council would make laws, raise taxes, set up defense of colonies

2. Not ONE of the colonial assemblies approved plan

a. did not want to give up power to a central council

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