History of the United States . ent would be endangered. Partly because of a similar distrust, a plan of union proposedby Benjamin Franklin in a conference at Albany was it was not adopted, Franklins plan is inter- Franklinsesting in that it presented a colonial suggestion for a pi^^^o^^^io^common government, which was to include a general congress, a 2 Washingtons Virginians had now been joined by a body of men fromSouth Carolina. The royal governor of that colony had curtly refused assist-ance on Dinwiddies request, but the people united in equipping a force tosend to his ai
History of the United States . ent would be endangered. Partly because of a similar distrust, a plan of union proposedby Benjamin Franklin in a conference at Albany was it was not adopted, Franklins plan is inter- Franklinsesting in that it presented a colonial suggestion for a pi^^^o^^^io^common government, which was to include a general congress, a 2 Washingtons Virginians had now been joined by a body of men fromSouth Carolina. The royal governor of that colony had curtly refused assist-ance on Dinwiddies request, but the people united in equipping a force tosend to his aid. 74 STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF NORTH AMERICA continental army, and a royal governor over all the colonies. Hebelieved that with such a government the war with France couldbe prosecuted with vigor and success, since the preceding warsshowed a lamentable lack of cooperation and needless losses ofmen and treasure. In each colonial assembly arose an ever-recurring strugglewith the royal governor, the former refusing grants of mone;. By permission of the Union League, Phila WASHINGTON PRESENTING GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE S LETTER TO CHEVALIERLEGARDEUR DE ST. PIERRE, 1753 unless the governor would grant additional privileges. Such con-tinual conflict for money on the one side and privileges on the otherComparison haudicappcd all the colonies. When one w^as ready toof resources ^^^ ^ forcc in the field, the others were not preparedto cooperate. The French were not so handicapped. With acentral and all-powerful government, every part of their greatprovince must respond to the call of war. The people had no THIRD WAR WITH FRANCE; SECOND PERIOD 75 choice in the matter; yet such an absolute form of governmentcould not, in the long run, stand against that of the English colo-nies, when finally aroused and united by a popular impulse. The war that was thus begun in western Pennsylvania did notgo well with the English at first. The colonial troops were badlycommanded, and the English ministry was sl
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