USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The ____ was an attempt by Ben Franklin to unite the colonies to be better equipped to fight the French and Indians
A
Ohio River Valley
B
Albany Plan of Union
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the conference, Benjamin Franklin, one of the representatives from Pennsylvania, proposed what has come to be known as the Albany Plan. Franklin’s plan called for a unified government with a President General to be appointed by the King and a Grand Council made up of men from each of the colonial assemblies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Franklin’s plan defined a permanent federation between the colonies, as a means to reform colonial-imperial relations and to more effectively address shared colonial interests, including making treaties, raising military forces, and levying taxes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Albany Plan of Union, while at the Albany Congress of 1754, Benjamin Franklin proposed the Plan of Union, Which would .

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1754 Franklin was selected to represent Pennsylvania at the Albany Congress, called to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War. At the congress, Franklin advanced his Albany Plan of Union, one of the first proposals to bring the colonies together under some form of central authority.

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