<P> The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies , suggested by Benjamin Franklin , then a senior leader ( age 45 ) and a delegate from Pennsylvania , at the Albany Congress on July 10 , 1754 in Albany , New York . More than twenty representatives of several Northern and Mid-Atlantic colonies had gathered to plan their defense related to the French and Indian War , the front in North America of the Seven Years ' War between Great Britain and France . The Plan represented one of multiple early attempts to form a union of the colonies `` under one government as far as might be necessary defense and other general important purposes . '' </P>
<P> The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies , suggested by Benjamin Franklin , then a senior leader ( age 45 ) and a delegate from Pennsylvania , at the Albany Congress on July 10 , 1754 in Albany , New York . More than twenty representatives of several Northern and Mid-Atlantic colonies had gathered to plan their defense related to the French and Indian War , the front in North America of the Seven Years ' War between Great Britain and France . The Plan represented one of multiple early attempts to form a union of the colonies `` under one government as far as might be necessary defense and other general important purposes . '' </P>
who came up with the albany plan of union
who came up with the albany plan of union
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin