Part 1 of Essay
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 ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... 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 Duquesne, he built Fort Necessity. Fort Duquesne was located where the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers join to form the Ohio River. There was a battle fought at Fort Necessity on July 4, 1754 in which a small force of French and Indian Troops defeated Washington and his troops. The French were now securely established along a line of sprea ....