ariousgovernments, boundary disputes, social classes, different currencies at altered worths ineach colony, and jealousy. As British Sir Winston Churchhill said, “They were united indistrusting the home government but in little else.” However, steps were being taken,sometimes not even purposely, to promote rapport among the colonies. Newspapers, forinstance, not only covered the war effort, but they also promoted a unity of consciousnessfor the colonies. Through these reports and therefore awareness, the English were warnedof French troops moving southward from Canada and of the French master plan tocapture the continent in 1753. The Albany Plan of Union was a positive step in achievingunion. The ingenious Benjamin Franklin proposed a layout of creating a central militaryfund and appointing a military governor. He was, unfortunately, ahead of his time and thecolonies voted his proposal down because it provided too much central power andtherefore less power to the states. The king also would have vetoed it because it “smelledof independence.” (Chidsey) Despite this failure, unity was still obtained somewhatthrough the simplicity of soldiers gathering from different colonies. Interaction with eachother, in times of battle and also just in eating dinner together and gathering aroundcampfires to ward off the cold, revealed their singularity and questioned the Britishmonarch, with whom they often had nothing in common. They found they spoke thesame language, shared the same problems concerning England, and for the most part hadmutual ideals. Having unity, especially in having a common defense and a strongcommon cause, is extremely important in a revolution. One could even say that it isindispensable. Therefore, building a common cause and subsequent unity was in directconflict with the English. To the disgust and aversion of the British, some of the colonists were committingtreason by smuggling goods to the enemy. Of...
