Benjamin Franklin
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Because the local colonial governments would have to give up their power.
Albany Plan of Union was suggested by the Benjamin Franklin with the objective to create a single government for the colonies. Representatives from several colonies came up together to plan their defense with respect to French and Indian war. The plan was one of the early attempt to form the union of colonies for defense and other important purposes.
Oh, dude, that would be Benjamin Franklin. Yeah, like, back in 1754, he was all like, "Hey, let's try to get the colonies to work together," and he came up with this whole plan at the Albany Congress. It was a pretty big deal at the time, but, like, not everyone was super into it.
The Grand Council would limit colonies to certain powers.
Before this proposal. the only existing government was individual forms of government that each colonial had established such as; the Mayflower Compact and House of Burgess. The Albany Plan would allow all colonials to function as one and it would dictate the taxes, colonial defense, and certain laws. The main significance is that this proposal was the first move toward unified government.