Benjamin Franklin's Plan for Colonial Home Rule Was Rejected by the Individual

question 25

Multiple Choice

Benjamin Franklin's plan for colonial home rule was rejected by the individual colonies because

• A) it did not provide for the common defense.
• B) the British approved it.
• C) it did not seem to give enough independence to the colonies.
• D) they did not feel that they had been well represented at the Albany Congress.
• E) it placed too much power in the hands of local governments.

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