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Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union
The reason behind Franklin's Albany Plan of Union is the French and
Indian War. The French and Indian War started because British colonists
were said to be moving in on territory that the French had claimed for
themselves. Then, in 1753, the French started constructing ....
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.... to the Ohio River. They also had camps
in the Allegheny Mountains. The whole northern frontier of the British
colonies was exposed to attack from the Indian allies of the French. In
addition, the western country was closed to British traders and British
settlers.
It was then that the Lords of Trade ordered that a congress of
commissioners from the different colonies were assembled in Albany to
consult with the chiefs of the Six Nations concerning the method of
defending both their country and ours. Governor Hamilton received the
order ....
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