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]
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union to discuss ways to prevent Indian attacks?
A
Ben Franklin
B
George Washington
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
John Adams
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -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.

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