15,697
edits
Changes
no edit summary
Despite the failure of the Albany Plan, it served as a model for future attempts at union: it attempted to establish the division between the executive and legislative branches of government while establishing a common governmental authority to deal with external relations. More importantly, it conceived of the colonies of mainland North America as a collective unit, separate not only from the mother country but also from the other British colonies in the West Indies and elsewhere.
Republished from [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory|Office of the Historian], United States Department of State
Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/albany-plan|Albany Plan of Union, 1754]
[[Category:US State Department]] [[Category:Wikis]][[Category:United States History]] [[Category:Colonial American History]] [[Category:18th Century History]] [[Category:Political History]]
