USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. The plan was adopted on July 10, 1754, by representatives from seven of the British North American colonies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Benjamin Franklin, a senior member of the Congress, suggested the Albany Plan of Union unite the colonies to assist in the colonies’ defense. British Parliament rejected the Plan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Out of this congress came a proposal, called the Albany Plan of Union, which was supported by the members of the congress, but ultimately rejected by King George II and the leadership of individual colonies. While the plan was not actualized, it was the first conception of a unified government between the colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson of Massachusetts coauthored the Albany Plan of Union and presented it to delegates at the Albany Congress. The plan suggested the eleven British colonies unite into their own confederacy, under the authority of a leader appointed by the British Crown.