In 1754, delegates at the Albany Congress, which met to patch relations with the Iroqouis tribes, drafted a proposal of an American Union. Benjamin Franklin, the brains behind the plan, would later write that opposition from the colonial governments and the Board of Trade ultimately led to the plan going down in flames.
How could this have been avoided?
I think if Prince Frederick, a long time Whig ally, had not died before he could inherit the throne from George II, we could have seen greater autonomy, if not union, for the American colonies.
How could this have been avoided?
I think if Prince Frederick, a long time Whig ally, had not died before he could inherit the throne from George II, we could have seen greater autonomy, if not union, for the American colonies.