Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan Of Union

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Fort Duquesne was located
where the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers join to form the Ohio River.
There was a battle fought at Fort Necessity on July 4, 1754 in which a
small force of French and Indian Troops defeated Washington and his troops.

The French were now securely established along a line of spread out
points from the Great Lakes south to the Ohio River. They also had camps
in the Allegheny Mountains. The whole northern frontier of the British
colonies was exposed to attack from the Indian allies of the French. In
addition, the western country was closed to British traders and British
settlers.

It was then that the Lords of Trade ordered that a congress of
commissioners from the different colonies were assembled in Albany to
consult with the chiefs of the Six Nations concerning the method of
defending both their country and ours. Governor Hamilton received the
order and introduced it to the house. He requested that there be proper
representation for the ...

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got the invitation from
the Board of Trade for a meeting in Albany. Also called to Albany were
Isaac Norris, at fifty-three, served as Speaker of the House and leader of
the Quaker party, Richard Peters, private secretary to the Penn family in
England, and John Penn, who did not have much experience in politics.

The slogan "JOIN OR DIE" was printed in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
Franklin is also credited with the first American newspaper cartoon. It
was a drawing of a snake cut into eight sections, each labeled with the
initials of one of the colonies, and had the caption, "JOIN OR DIE."

Everyone had his own agenda in Albany. For Franklin, it was, of
course, his plan of union. ...

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