EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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George Washington
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Ben Franklin
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Thomas Jefferson
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John Adams
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the American Revolution, he served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He was paramount in obtaining support from King Louis XVI of France and was largely responsible for his signing the important military alliance of 1778.
Detailed explanation-2: -Break with Britain. Franklin began his career as a diplomat and statesman when he went to London in 1757 as an agent of the Pennsylvania assembly and became an absentee deputy British postmaster for North America.
Detailed explanation-3: -What was Benjamin Franklins position on colonial representation in 1765, and why had his views changed by 1770? His position was for parliamentary supremacy but by 1770, he now opposed it and claimed equality for the American assemblies within the empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to this first military treaty of the new nation, the United States agreed to provide a defensive alliance to aid France should England attack. American diplomats Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee negotiated in France on behalf of the American Colonies.