alleryStart learning →Why did no colony accept the Albany Plan of Union?
ANone trusted Franklin to lead a joint council
BNone would give up taxing power or western control
CNone had the money to pay a common treasury
DNone could send delegates that far from home
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. None would give up taxing power or western control
1. The Albany Plan gave a general government charge of Indian treaties, trade, defense and settlement in the west.
2. Each colony was to be represented in proportion to what it paid into the common treasury.
3. No colony accepted the plan when it went home for approval.
4. None wished to surrender the power of taxation, and none wished to give up control over the development of the west.
5. Franklin himself was the drafter, so distrust of him was not the obstacle.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section FIRST STIRRING OF UNITY_
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