USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -To Franklin there was only one solution – a British one. He advocated that the British turn out the Penns and make Pennsylvania a royal colony with governors appointed from London. It was a cause he fought for for more than a decade until it was rejected by the British government itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -Franklin returned to a country at war, arriving in May soon after the “shot heard round the world” at Lexington and Concord. He immediately joined the effort to secure our freedom from Great Britain and became a prominent advocate for independence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Franklin’s goal was to unite the colonists to combat the French and their Native American allies, and to convince the British government to support a unified colonial government in America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prior to the outbreak of the French and Indian War, Franklin hoped to persuade the American colonies to unite their governments to protect themselves from the French and their Native American allies under a plan later known as “The Albany Plan, ” which was ultimately rejected.