Why was the Albany Plan of Union defeated resoundingly by the colonial legislatures in 1754?
A) Individual colonial legislatures feared the unified government would give up too much political control to other colonies and to the British Crown, who would appoint the leader of the unified government.
B) The plan for an intercolonial union did not enjoy the overwhelming support of the colonial-government-appointed commissioners who met in June and July 1754 to discuss Benjamin Franklin’s plan for intercolonial government coordination.
C) The unified government created by the plan did not include giving the government the authority to manage defense, including raising soldiers and guiding Indian affairs.
D) The unified government’s political structure was too similar with that of the Six Nations of the Iroquois.
ANSWER
Answer: D
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