Part one of term paper
The reason behind Franklin's Albany Plan of Union is the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War started because British colonists were said to be moving in on territory that the French had claimed for themselves. Then, in 1753, the French started constructing a chain of forts connecting Lake Erie with the Ohio River. This caused ...

Part two of term paper
... 1754, the Virginians were considering military measures in the country to the west, and requesting aid from the Pennsylvania province. Quaker reluctance toward involvement in "aggressive action," and a feeling by the proprietary party of "let's wait and see if anything beyond Virginian interests are threatened," resulted in no aid being extended. The following year, Washington went back to the Ohio Valley as a major who was leading a company of militia. A few miles south of the French Fort Duque ...