why was the albany plan of union drafted, and why did the plan ultimately fail?
Albany Plan of Union, 1754. 1  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.
The Plan of Union proposed to include all the British North American colonies (note the Lower Counties on the Delaware were then administered by Pennsylvania, and Georgia Colony was slow to start) although none of the colonies south of Maryland sent representatives to the Albany Congress.
Best Answer: It was an early attempt to band the 13 colonies together during the French and Indian War. It failed because every colony had their own agenda. New York largely spoke Dutch. New England was largely still puritan. The southern colonies were mostly big plantations, either tobacco, rice, or cotton, and they were run differently than the northern system of small farms and early industry.