THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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elect a president
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form assemblies.
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impose taxes.
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declare war.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The plan would have united the colonies under a centralized government, ruled by a British-appointed President-General and an elected Grand Council, who would have the power to tax, defend, and govern all of the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Despite the support of many colonial leaders, the plan, as formulated at Albany, did not become a reality. Colonial governments, sensing that it would curb their own authority and territorial rights, either rejected the plan or chose not to act on it at all.
Detailed explanation-3: -Key Points of the Albany Plan of Union 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-4: -In June of 1754, representatives from seven colonies met with 150 Iroquois Chiefs in Albany, New York. The purposes of the Albany Congress were twofold; to try to secure the support and cooperation of the Iroquois in fighting the French, and to form a colonial alliance based on a design by Benjamin Franklin.