Albany Plan of Union Review

It was an idea suggested by Benjamin Franklin to create a united government for the 13 colonies.

• Ben's Plan

• Albany Plan of Union

• The Franklin Plan of Government

• The Franklin Union

What is the Albany Plan of Union

• 1754; the first formal proposal to unite the American colonies, put forth by Benjamin Franklin

• A group of citizens that come together and join the battle efforts.

• controversial land that led to the French and Indian War;

• Ben Franklin's Plan to Unite the French and British

What a 21 year old planter and surveyor that went into the Ohio River Valley?

• Washington

• Pitt

• Franklin

• Braddock

The French and British both wanted power. They both really wanted?

• Fort Necessity

• The Ohio River Valley

• Control of Spanish Territory

• Control of the colonies

Which Fort is British?

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Duquesne

This is the French Fort

• Fort Necessity

• Fort Duquesne

The ________ was the first formal proposal to unite the colonies.

• Albany Plan of Union
• Great Awakening
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta

The first political cartoon produced in America was created by whom?

• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin
• Samuel Adams
• Paul Revere

What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?

• A.  to create a plan of attack against the French
• A.  to unite the Native Americans against the French
• A.  to create one general government for the colonies

Why was the Albany Plan rejected?

• It gave too much land to the French.

• The colonies did not want to give up their individual power.

• It gave the colonist no control over their government.

• The colonist did not want to work with the Native Americans.