Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. He was the president of the Pennsylvania Provincial ...
Benjamin Franklin played an important role in the American Revolution. In this lesson, learn how Franklin served as a diplomat during the war, and...
Thomas Jefferson • Roger Sherman • Benjamin Franklin • Robert R. Livingston • John Adams The drafting committee presenting the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress, painted by John Trumbull 1817–1819. New Hampshire Josiah Bartlett • William Whipple • Matthew Thornton ...