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What was the Albany Plan of Union? Why was it not put into effect?
Title: What was the Albany Plan of Union? Why was it not put into effect?
Category: History
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What was the Albany Plan of Union? Why was it not put into effect?
The French and Indian War started in 1754. The British were
unsuccessful in the beginning because of their lack of unity. Benjamin
Franklin saw this as a major problem and urged unity. In the
Pennsylvania Gazette, he drew his famous cartoon of a broken snake
with the caption "Join or Die." A meeting was held in Albany in the
spring of 1754 to address this issue. Colonial leaders, officials and
representatives from seven of the British colonies …showed first 75 words of 247 total…
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The plan was approved by the members of the Albany conference but the
colonial assemblies refused to accept it as did the London regime. To
the colonists, it did not seem to give enough independence. On the
other hand, to the British officials, it seems to give too much.
According to Franklin's wrote that the colonies agreed on the need for
unity but could not agree on the details for unity.
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