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Isaacson: When Benjamin Franklin sails home in 1775
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Benjamin Franklin

When Benjamin Franklinsails home in 1775, he's estranged from William

Isaacson: When Benjamin Franklin
sails home in 1775, he's estranged from William

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Isaacson: When Benjamin Franklin sails home in 1775,
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he's estranged from William.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:08
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

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Movie Summary

Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
S01 • E02 He feels this enormous sense of failure. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
He feels this enormous sense of failure.
S01 • E01 Narrator: Franklin decided to run away, - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: Franklin decided to run away,
S01 • E02 His whole mission had been to try to hold the Colonies - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
His whole mission had been to try to hold the Colonies
S01 • E01 After selling some of his books to pay for his passage, - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
After selling some of his books to pay for his passage,
S01 • E02 Narrator: But being at sea - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Narrator: But being at sea
S01 • E02 Isaacson: He still wants to chart the Gulf Stream. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Isaacson: He still wants to chart the Gulf Stream.
S01 • E02 He still is curious about natural phenomenon. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
He still is curious about natural phenomenon.
S01 • E02 And, so, there's Temple Franklin helping - Benjamin Franklin 00:23
And, so, there's Temple Franklin helping
S01 • E02 Narrator: When he and Temple arrived in Philadelphia - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Narrator: When he and Temple arrived in Philadelphia
S01 • E01 With 6,000 residents, Philadelphia was now - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
With 6,000 residents, Philadelphia was now
S01 • E02 While he was at sea, the war he had once hoped to prevent - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
While he was at sea, the war he had once hoped to prevent
S01 • E01 It was a thriving outpost of the British Empire... - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
It was a thriving outpost of the British Empire...
S01 • E01 Its streets filled with both newcomers and Native peoples, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Its streets filled with both newcomers and Native peoples,
S01 • E02 On April 19th, 700 British troops had marched from Boston - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
On April 19th, 700 British troops had marched from Boston
S01 • E01 Isaacson: People are coming from all sorts of backgrounds. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Isaacson: People are coming from all sorts of backgrounds.
S01 • E02 A skirmish on the Lexington town green - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
A skirmish on the Lexington town green
S01 • E01 There's Anglicans, there's Jews, - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
There's Anglicans, there's Jews,
S01 • E02 But a larger fight broke out - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
But a larger fight broke out
S01 • E01 There's the Germans coming in and the Presbyterians - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
There's the Germans coming in and the Presbyterians
S01 • E01 And, unlike Puritan Boston, where you have to follow - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
And, unlike Puritan Boston, where you have to follow