Which Best Describes Benjamin Franklin's Main Goal in Drafting the Albany

Which best describes Benjamin Franklin's main goal in drafting the Albany Plan?

A) to organize a council of delegates to coordinate common defense and western expansion
B) to propose the dredging of canals that connected Albany with Lake Erie and the St. Lawrence River
C) to set up a system of common taxes and tariffs throughout the colonies
D) to draft a constitution that freed the colonies from any control by the British crown
E) to prepare the colonies for an eventual war of independence with England