The Albany plan of Union

The Albany plan of union had two purposes.
Thinking of the uprising French and Indian War, the British and the Colonists were worried that the Iroquois would join the French in the war.
So they wanted to meet with delegates from the other colonies and with some of the chiefs of the Iroquois to persuade them to support their side.
But another reason was that delegates wanted a plan of union for the colonies and make a council that would make certain decisions. Each colony would have a delegate to create this council and a royal governor that would be over them.
These certain decisions would be such as finance, indian affairs, and defense.
When hearing the plan, both the British and the Colonists disagreed. The British didn't want to lose the control that they had over the colonies. And the colonists didnt want to some the amount of freedom they had then.
Although the plan never worked out many of these ideas came up again thirty years later.