The Albany Plan and American National Identity

In this episode, the Friends of Publius discuss the Albany Plan and whether this attempt at forming a union tells us something about American national identity.  This question is from Unit 1, Question 2 of the Center for Civic Education’s We The People curriculum.The Albany Plan of 1754 was the first attempt to create a national union among the American colonies.  What concerns or limitation led American colonies to reject the Albany Plan?How, if at all, did the outcome of the French and Indian War affect colonial efforts to unify?In what ways did the American Revolution succeed or fail in fostering a shared national identity among the colonies?