IN this quote Benjamin Franklin is referencing the failed "Albany Plan," since this was his idea, in which the colonies would have formed a loose union in order to better manage taxes.
When a wealthy landowner was given full control over land in the new world, the colonies were known as "<span>a. charter colonies" since this landowner would often obtain a "charter" from the king or queen. Not always, however. </span>
It was trench warfare that was used to a great extent in World War I. This led to a significant elongation of the conflict, since targeting soldiers was much harder.
The <span>name of the proposed law that would ban slavery in all territory won in the Mexican American war was the "Wilmot Proviso"--named after the man who proposed it. </span>
The political followers of Thomas Jefferson took up the name "Democratic-Republicans," preferring this to the term "Anti-Federalists" and advocating for more state power over the power of the central government.
