The Albany Plan of Union was meant to unite the thirteen colonies into a union with a federal government. It was the predecessor of the Articles of Confederation. It was meant to address the issues of taxing and protection of colonies. It wasn't well received since the colonists were still afraid of a central taxing institution and were on the verge of a war.
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In the beginning of the age of discovery, England and France were looking for a new path to get to Asia to trade. But after they found the America’s and the West Indies, colonization for more for power. The more colonies each country could establish, the more power the country would have. A lot of the colonies were also making the home countries lots of money from the fur trade and from cash crops and from the Colombian exchange.