EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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George Washington
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Thomas Jefferson
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Ben Franklin
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John Adams
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Detailed explanation-1: -To which Franklin supposedly responded, with a rejoinder at once witty and ominous: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Benjamin Franklin primarily served as the editor of the Declaration of Independence. His changes were believed to have been minimal, but, when the document went before the entire Continental Congress, the draft was more thoroughly changed by the larger body from Jefferson’s original text.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the American Revolution, he served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776.