Lesson 2: Ben Franklin 8.14

​Ben Franklin 8.14

How did Ben Franklin influence the American Revolution?

Ben Franklin was considered a "Renaissance Man".

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He had many skills and interests.​

• Albany Congress 1754

• Albany Plan of Union- first attempt to unify the colonies into an independent nation.

• The "Join or Die" cartoon became a symbol of this plan.

Albany Plan of Union

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• Helped repeal the Stamp Act.

• 1775 2nd Continental Congress

• He and 5 other men drafted the Declaration of Indpendence

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• Ambassador to France and King Louis XIV

• After the Battle of Saratoga he helped secure French aid in the war.

France

​​Franklin the Diplomat

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