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The Congress or Council of Alexandria was a 1755 meeting of Major-General Edward Braddock, commander-in-chief of the British Army in North America and governors of five of the constituent colonies. These were Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia, Horatio Sharpe of Maryland, Robert Hunter Morris of Pennsylvania, William Shirley of Massachusetts and James DeLancey of New York. The meeting was held on 15 April 1755 at Carlyle House in Alexandria, Virginia, home of one of that city's prominent figures, John Carlyle. The meeting is reenacted every year at the Carlyle House.
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| dbo:abstract | The Congress or Council of Alexandria was a 1755 meeting of Major-General Edward Braddock, commander-in-chief of the British Army in North America and governors of five of the constituent colonies. These were Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia, Horatio Sharpe of Maryland, Robert Hunter Morris of Pennsylvania, William Shirley of Massachusetts and James DeLancey of New York. The meeting was held on 15 April 1755 at Carlyle House in Alexandria, Virginia, home of one of that city's prominent figures, John Carlyle. The meeting was an attempt by Braddock to raise funds for a war fund to fight the French in the coming French and Indian War. The governors rebuffed the request demanding prior funding from the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Congress did, however, agree on a war plan for a four-pronged attack against New France. Sir William Johnson of New York, who was also present at the meeting, was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs and commissioned a major-general. He was tasked with meeting with the Iroquois Confederacy to keep them neutral in the war. The Congress of Alexandria is sometimes noted as the beginning of intercolony dialogue and of the political tension between the colonies and Britain over issues of taxation. Ten years before the Stamp Act of 1765, Braddock wrote from Carlyle House to Thomas Robinson, a British official that "I cannot but take the liberty to represent to you the necessity of laying a tax upon all his Majesty's dominions in America, agreeably to the result of Council, for reimbursing the great sums that must be advanced for the service and interest of the colonies in this important crisis." The meeting is reenacted every year at the Carlyle House. (en) Het Congres van Alexandria of de Raad van Alexandria was een ontmoeting op 15 april 1755 in het Carlyle House in Alexandria (Virginia) tussen generaal-majoor Edward Braddock (bevelhebber van de Britse troepen in Noord-Amerika) en de gouverneurs van vijf van de dertien koloniën. Dit waren Robert Dinwiddie van Virginia, Horatio Sharpe van Maryland, van Pennsylvania, van Massachusetts en van New York. De bijeenkomst was georganiseerd door Edward Braddock met het doel geld in te zamelen voor de Zevenjarige Oorlog. De gouverneurs wezen het verzoek af, maar waren het weleens over een oorlogsplan tegen Nieuw-Frankrijk. van New York, die ook op de bijeenkomst aanwezig was, werd benoemd tot hoofdinspecteur van indiaanse zaken. Hij werd belast met de ontmoeting met de Iroquois om ze neutraal te houden in de oorlog. De bijeenkomst wordt elk jaar in het Carlyle House nagespeeld. (nl) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Congress or Council of Alexandria was a 1755 meeting of Major-General Edward Braddock, commander-in-chief of the British Army in North America and governors of five of the constituent colonies. These were Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia, Horatio Sharpe of Maryland, Robert Hunter Morris of Pennsylvania, William Shirley of Massachusetts and James DeLancey of New York. The meeting was held on 15 April 1755 at Carlyle House in Alexandria, Virginia, home of one of that city's prominent figures, John Carlyle. The meeting is reenacted every year at the Carlyle House. (en) Het Congres van Alexandria of de Raad van Alexandria was een ontmoeting op 15 april 1755 in het Carlyle House in Alexandria (Virginia) tussen generaal-majoor Edward Braddock (bevelhebber van de Britse troepen in Noord-Amerika) en de gouverneurs van vijf van de dertien koloniën. Dit waren Robert Dinwiddie van Virginia, Horatio Sharpe van Maryland, van Pennsylvania, van Massachusetts en van New York. De bijeenkomst wordt elk jaar in het Carlyle House nagespeeld. (nl) |
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