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In 1751, Franklin creates several short hints in cooperation with Hamilton which led to the informal suggestion of a possible union in the future.
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The congress began and started to discuss the possibility of a Union.
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The congress held a meeting and decided on starting a process of becoming a union
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The committee officially starts efforts to initiate the draft for the union.
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On July 9th 1754, Franklin was given the job of taking all of the debates and put them all together to construct a first rough draft of this plan for the union.
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In the initial stages of the Albany Plan, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopt the plan.
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After the revolution, Franklin reflects on what may have happened if the Albany plan for the union would have not failed. In this document from 1789, Franklin suggests that if this plan would have been implemented, we may have not have gone into war with Great Britain. However, despite this, he also states that even with an implemented union, we may have still went to war later ats ome point.
