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2024 | 1(77) | 109-122

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Plan z Albany i koncepcja brytyjskiej konstytucji imperialnej Benjamina Franklina

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The Albany Plan and Benjamin Franklin’s Concept of a British Imperial Constitution

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Plan Unii z Albany był planem utworzenia jednolitego rządu federalnego dla kolonii brytyjskich w Ameryce na Kongresie w Albany 10 lipca 1754 r. w Albany w stanie Nowy Jork. Jednym z jego pomysłodawców był Benjamin Franklin delegat z Pensylwanii. Plan zakładał utworzenie rządu zarządzanego przez Prezydenta Generalnego, który miał być mianowany i wspierany przez Koronę, oraz Wielkiej Rady składającej się z delegatów nominowanych przez zgromadzenia kolonialne. Proponowane uprawnienia obejmowały zawieranie traktatów oraz tworzenie armii i marynarki wojennej, a także, co najważniejsze, obejmowały prawo do opodatkowania. Plan ten był częścią realizacji koncepcji Franklina dotyczącej zmiany sposobu sprawowania władzy przez Brytyjczyków w Ameryce i stworzenia federalnego Imperium Brytyjskiego. Plan został odrzucony przez zgromadzenia kolonialne i Koronę, ale był prekursorem Artykułów Konfederacji i Konstytucji Stanów Zjednoczonych.
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The Albany Plan of Union was a plan to create a unified federal government for the British colonies in America at the Albany Congress on July 10, 1754 in Albany, New York. One of its originators was Benjamin Franklin – a delegate from Pennsylvania. The plan called for a general government to be administered by a President-General, to be appointed and supported by the Crown, and a Grand Council to consist of delegates nominated by the colonial assemblies. Proposed powers included treaty-making, and raising army and naval forces and, most significantly, included the right of taxation. The plan was part of the implementation of Franklin’s concept of changing the way British rule in America and creating a federal British Empire. The plan was rejected by colonial assemblies and the Crown but it was a forerunner for the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.

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2024

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Publication order reference

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Biblioteka Nauki
28762534

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