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How Did Benjamin Franklin Proposed The Albany Plan

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Benjamin Franklin realized that some form of unification of the colonies was necessary, so he proposed the Albany Plan. The colonial government would select members of a "Grand Council," while the British Government would appoint a "president General” together they would regulate colonial-Indian relations. It was an early attempt to group the 13 colonies together during the French and Indian War. The failed attempted was due to every colony had their own agenda. Northerners were made up of small farms and early industry with their strict puritan code. The Middle colonists growing wheat and flour, were a mixture of religions, including Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans and Jews. The southern colonists had plantations, tobacco, rice, or cotton,
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