USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Benjamin Franklin proposed ____ to unite the colonies.
A
The French War
B
The Proclamation of 1763
C
The Albany Plan
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

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: -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-3: -On June 19, Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union to form a permanent federation of the colonies as a means to reform colonial-imperial relations and more effectively address shared colonial interests. Commissioners to the Albany Congress approved the Albany Plan of Union on July 10, 1754.

Detailed explanation-4: -Albany Congress, conference in U.S. colonial history (June 19–July 11, 1754) at Albany, New York, that advocated a union of the British colonies in North America for their security and defense against the French, foreshadowing their later unification.

Detailed explanation-5: -Franklin’s goal was to unite the colonists to combat the French and their Native American allies, and to convince the British government to support a unified colonial government in America.

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