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" everybody cries, a union is absolutely necessary , but when they come to manner and form of the union [ they ] are perfectly distracted "

Which failed plan was franklin referencing in this quote ?

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IN this quote Benjamin Franklin is referencing the failed "Albany Plan," since this was his idea, in which the colonies would have formed a loose union in order to better manage taxes. 
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