Drafted by Benjamin Franklin, FTP, identify this 1754 failed plan of colonial union named after the New York town in which it was written.
It was the result of the London Board of Trade's fear that the French were courting the Iroquois League, prompting James DeLancey to call the meeting that resulted in this document.  Pennsylvania governor James Hamilton revised several of its drafter's "Short Hints" and sent them back to the delegation.  Composed of 23 articles, it called for a Crown-appointed President General and a representative Grand Council to administer the affairs of the colonies.  Drafted by Benjamin Franklin, FTP, identify this 1754 failed plan of colonial union named after the New York town in which it was written.
It was the result of the London Board of Trade's fear that the French were courting the Iroquois League, prompting James DeLancey to call the meeting that resulted in this document.  
Albany Plan of Union