Ned Ryun Continues His Series, “Days of Revolution.” Listen to Episode 6, “The Albany Plan of Union.”
In this episode:
- How the Albany Plan of Union foreshadowed the future American republic.
- British and French expansionist policies and their relationship with Native American tribes.
- Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Hutchinson’s role in forming the plan of union.
- The rejection of the plan by the colonial legislatures.
- The question of a central taxing authority and the upcoming French and Indian War.
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