ALBANY PLAN OF UNION & COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

1. One important element that led to the War for Independence was a growing sense of __________ among the thirteen colonies.

• DIVISION

• UNITY

2. The Albany Plan of Union was a 1754 proposal aimed at building a union of the colonies under a single ______________________ .

• GOVERNMENT

• REBELLION

3. The ________________ had just begun, and many argued that the Albany Union was justified to coordinate an alliance of the American colonies.

• War of the Grand Alliance

• FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR

4. The meeting in Albany marked the first time in the 1700s that colonial representatives met to discuss a plan for creating a _____________________ .

• FORMAL UNION

• SEPARATION FORMALLY

5. Copies of the Albany Plan were sent to colonial assemblies and the ______________ in London.

• BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE

• KING LUIS

6. The British Government was weary of their colonies’ growing ______________________ .

• DEPENDENCY

• INDEPENDENT DRIVE

7. Following the French and Indian War, the relationship between Britain and its colonies quickly __ ____________________ .

• SOURED

• IMPROVED

8. The British intended to raise funds from the colonies through a new series of __________________ .

• DIRECT TAXATION

• INDIRECT TAXATION

9. _______________________________ were organized by colonial leaders, and they coordinated resistance to British policies.

• THE QUARTERING ACTS

• COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE

10. Committees of Correspondence enforced colonial ____________________________ against British goods and informed one another of British abuses of power.

• ALLIANCE

• BOYCOTTS