Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Part 14: riassunto
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In Albany Plan of Union, the narrator proposes a shared colonial government for defense, and the commissioners approve it unanimously after debate and amendments. Colonial assemblies and British officials reject it for opposite reasons, prompting him to defend its balance and question governments’ willingness to adopt preventive measures.
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- With war against France expected, colonial commissioners meet at Albany to discuss defense with the Six Nations.
- The narrator drafts a union plan, gains support in New York, and submits it to Congress.
- Congress approves his amended proposal for a crown-appointed president-general and a council chosen by colonial representatives.
- Colonial assemblies reject the plan as favoring royal power, while officials in England judge it too democratic.
- The narrator discusses competing schemes with Governor Shirley and argues that union could prevent dependence on British troops.
- Despite the Pennsylvania governor’s endorsement, the House rejects the plan without consideration during the narrator’s absence.
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Why do the colonial assemblies refuse to adopt the union plan?
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