Question

2. Why did Benjamin Franklin and other colony leaders propose the Albany Plan of Union?


Correct answer A.

to better provide for their mutual defense


Incorrect answer B.

to declare their independence from Britain


Incorrect answer C.

to keep European wars from spreading to the colonies


Incorrect answer D.

to protect local self-rule and work around trade restrictions

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

The Plan represented one of multiple early attempts to form a union of the colonies "under one government as far as might be necessary for defense and other general important purposes."