<span>The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was the first important proposal to conceive of the colonies as a collective whole united under one government.</span>
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They developed new political ideas by reflecting on the existing political institutions and the relations between the people in a society. They tried to come up with new ways to make things better that were heavily involved in ethics, epistemology, ontology, and a bunch of other philosophical ideas whose origins can be found in ancient philosophical works.