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Its first issue attacked Cotton Mather
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Benjamin Franklin

Its first issueattacked Cotton Mather, Boston's pre-eminent preacherand the colony's...

Its first issue
attacked Cotton Mather, Boston's pre-eminent preacher
and the colony's strict and severe
moral authority

Full Transcript

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Its first issue attacked Cotton Mather,
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Boston's pre-eminent preacher and the colony's
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strict and severe moral authority.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:15
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 And what's going on leads him to despair. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
And what's going on leads him to despair.
S01 • E02 I'm not sure there were many who were more disappointed - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
I'm not sure there were many who were more disappointed
S01 • E01 Mather called the newspaper wicked, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Mather called the newspaper wicked,
S01 • E01 What James Franklin does is he creates - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
What James Franklin does is he creates
S01 • E02 Man as William Franklin: Gentlemen, - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Man as William Franklin: Gentlemen,
S01 • E02 One evidently leading to peace, happiness, and a restoration - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
One evidently leading to peace, happiness, and a restoration
S01 • E01 His paper, in Boston, is, quote, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
His paper, in Boston, is, quote,
S01 • E02 The other inevitably conducting you - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
The other inevitably conducting you
S01 • E01 Narrator: On April 2, 1722, an essay appeared - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: On April 2, 1722, an essay appeared
S01 • E02 Narrator: In New Jersey, William had refused to - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Narrator: In New Jersey, William had refused to
S01 • E02 They chose representatives anyway. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
They chose representatives anyway.
S01 • E01 No one, including James Franklin, had any idea - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
No one, including James Franklin, had any idea
S01 • E02 When the Congress met in Philadelphia - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
When the Congress met in Philadelphia
S01 • E01 More of Silence Dogood's articles began to appear. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
More of Silence Dogood's articles began to appear.
S01 • E02 It banned all imports from Britain - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
It banned all imports from Britain
S01 • E01 She offered irreverent advice on funeral eulogies, - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
She offered irreverent advice on funeral eulogies,
S01 • E02 Otherwise, American exports to England would cease - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Otherwise, American exports to England would cease
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: Most of them consulted their own Purses - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Man as Franklin: Most of them consulted their own Purses
S01 • E02 If only his father had been there, William wrote, he might - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
If only his father had been there, William wrote, he might
S01 • E01 At Harvard They learn little more than - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
At Harvard They learn little more than