Galloway Plan of Union

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The Galloway Plan of Union was a 1774 proposal at the First Continental Congress to create a unified colonial government under British authority in an effort to avert the American Revolution.

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Galloway Plan of Union canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial union plan ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
political proposal ⓘ
aimedTo create a unified colonial government under British authority ⓘ
constitutionalFeature colonial participation in imperial legislation affecting the colonies ⓘ
shared authority between colonial Grand Council and British Parliament ⓘ
countryInvolved British America ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
goal avert the American Revolution ⓘ
reconcile American colonies with Great Britain ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
historicalSignificance illustrates moderate colonial attempts at compromise with Britain ⓘ
represents an alternative to American independence ⓘ
inspiredBy Albany Plan of Union ⓘ
intendedJurisdiction Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
legalStatus never implemented ⓘ
opposedBy radical colonial delegates ⓘ
politicalAlignment loyalist ⓘ
politicalContext prelude to the American Revolution ⓘ
proposedAt First Continental Congress ⓘ
proposedBy Joseph Galloway ⓘ
proposedIn Philadelphia ⓘ
proposedInYear 1774 ⓘ
proposedStructure Grand Council for the colonies ⓘ
President-General appointed by the British Crown ⓘ
rejectedBy First Continental Congress ⓘ
rejectedInYear 1774 ⓘ
rejectionMethod vote of the Continental Congress ⓘ
relatedEvent American Revolutionary crisis ⓘ
Intolerable Acts ⓘ
supportedBy loyalist delegates ⓘ

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Joseph Galloway → proposed → Galloway Plan of Union ⓘ