Fun Fact for the Day 3.6.12

In 1754 Benjamin Franklin proposed what became known as the Albany Plan at a conference of delegates of 7 (of the then 9) colonies of British North America. The plan called for unification of all colonies under the central authority of a governing council and a colonial president to be appointed by HM the King. Approved by the council of delegates, the plan was rejected by the colonies. Benjamin Franklin later reflected that had the plan been accepted and executed, it would have been very likely that the cessation would not have happened when it did, nor perhaps even for another century if at all.