What was the Albany Plan of Union? Why was it not put into effect?

The French and Indian War started in 1754. The British were
unsuccessful in the beginning because of their lack of unity. Benjamin
Franklin saw this as a major problem and urged unity. In the
Pennsylvania Gazette, he drew his famous cartoon of a broken snake
with the caption "Join or Die." A meeting was held in Albany in the
spring of 1754 to address this issue. Colonial leaders, officials and
representatives from seven of the British colonies attended the
conference.
Benjamin Franklin and Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson
together drafted a proposal of colonial unity to combat the…