The Albany Congress (1754), also known as, "The Conference of Albany" was a meeting of representatives sent by the legislatures of the northern seven of the thirteen
British North American colonies (specifically,
Connecticut,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire,
New York,
Pennsylvania, and
Rhode Island). Representatives met daily at the
Stadt Huys in
Albany, New York from June 19 to July 11, 1754 to discuss better relations with the
Native American tribes and common defensive measures against the
French threat from Canada in the opening stage of the
French and Indian War, the North American front of the
Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France. Delegates did not have the goal of creating an American nation; rather, they were colonists with the more limited mission of pursuing a treaty with the
Mohawk and other major
Iroquois tribes.