Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan Of Union
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The reason behind Franklin's Albany Plan of Union is the French and
Indian War. The French and Indian War started because British colonists
were said to be moving in on territory that the French had claimed for
themselves. Then, in 1753, the French started constructing a chain of
forts connectin ....
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.... resulted in no aid being extended.
The following year, Washington went back to the Ohio Valley as a
major who was leading a company of militia. A few miles south of the
French Fort Duquesne, he built Fort Necessity. 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 securel ....
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