Confederation Dbq Analysis

AP US History
DBQ #1 In 1643, there were four New England colonies who formed a confederation and they came up with the Articles of Confederation. In 1697, William Penn brought forth a plan of union which never was implemented. Last but not least in 1754, Benjamin Franklin came up with the Albany Plan of Union. “The history of colonial efforts to cooperate or unite demonstrates that the colonies had no strong or sustainable need for a common government.” All of those plans never went into effect but that doesn't mean that they didn't want to unite. In the following paragraphs I'm going to state why I think this statement is wrong by using documents A, B, and C. Document A describe the New England confederation and the Articles of Confederation.
The articles simply implied that they needed to unite so they could protect each other from common enemies such as the Native Americans, the Dutch and the French. The union was merely a business arrangement. By 1662 the union was very weak and by 1684 it had dissolved all together. Even though it was just a business arrangement I feel that they did try to make it work because if you have a union then you can have one big army and they would be able to protect each other better than if they weren't one big union. William Penn's plan of union is Document B.
Penn saw a need for military and economic cooperation among the colonies so he proposed his plan of union in 1697 but it never was implemented. His plan of union explained how the the uniting of the Northern parts of America would be more useful to the crown and would be more useful to the peace and safety of the people. His plan had seven major points. They were: 1. That two persons of substance from each Colony would make a Congress of the Union. 2. The King's Commissioner, for that purpose specially appointed, shall have the chair and preside in the Congress. 3. The Congress would meet in the Colony of New York, as it was the central Colony geographically, thus making it easier for the representatives to attend. 4. New York's Governor would serve as the King's High Commissioner during the session, after the manner of Scotland. 5. All of the colonies would meet once a year, more often in times of war, to debate and resolve such measures for their better understanding and the public tranquility and safety. 6. The business of this Congress would be to hear and resolve issues of contentment between the Colonies. 7. That in time of war, the King's High Commissioner would serve as the Commander in Chief of the combined forces of the several
Colonies. The Albany Plan of Union was created by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. He proposed that one government be formed in America and that each colony could retain its present constitution. The plan is noteworthy in several respects. First of all, Franklin anticipated many of the problems that would beset the government created after independence, such as finance, dealing with the Indian tribes, control of commerce, and defense. In fact, it contains the seeds of true union, and many of these ideas would be revived and adopted in Philadelphia more than thirty years later. It never went into effect because people were unwilling to give up control over their powers to tax. I don't agree with the statement because the whole point of the Constitution--and the Articles of Confederation before hand--was to unite the colonies because they very much did have common purposes and interests. If they didn't have those common purposes and interests we'd probably wouldn't be united to this very day. They knew they couldn't stay separated forever. There would eventually come a day when they would have to join together as one and so these plans were pretty much people calling out to everyone else saying that it's time we come together because if we're united we're going to be very strong and we will be able to share our common purposes and interests and protect each other from danger.