To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
Narrator: On July 2, the Continental Congress
Please log in to add to collections.
Benjamin Franklin

On July 2,the Continental Congress unanimously approvedthe central clause of the...

Narrator: On July 2,
the Continental Congress unanimously approved
the central clause of the declaration, proclaiming American independence

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.129
Narrator: On July 2, the Continental Congress
00:00:04.017 --> 00:00:07.197
unanimously approved the central clause
00:00:07.239 --> 00:00:09.367
of the declaration, proclaiming
00:00:09.408 --> 00:00:12.064
American independence.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:10
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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 • E01 And you could fix anything with that errata page. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
And you could fix anything with that errata page.
S01 • E01 Narrator: Local merchants advertised their goods - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: Local merchants advertised their goods
S01 • E02 Two days later, July 4, 1776, 12 of the 13 former - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Two days later, July 4, 1776, 12 of the 13 former
S01 • E01 Franklin also published notices offering rewards - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Franklin also published notices offering rewards
S01 • E02 New York would take a few more days to make up its mind. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
New York would take a few more days to make up its mind.
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: And for the support - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Man as Franklin: And for the support
S01 • E01 Man: To be sold in Lots or singly, - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
Man: To be sold in Lots or singly,
S01 • E02 Narrator: On the same day Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: On the same day Benjamin Franklin
S01 • E01 Run away from the subscriber, a Negroe lad called Ned, - Benjamin Franklin 00:28
Run away from the subscriber, a Negroe lad called Ned,
S01 • E02 If you were making a book on this, who would you bet on? - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
If you were making a book on this, who would you bet on?
S01 • E02 There was the greatest military power in Europe, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
There was the greatest military power in Europe,
S01 • E02 So, it was a longshot, to put it mildly. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
So, it was a longshot, to put it mildly.
S01 • E02 Brown: And then there are significant numbers - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
Brown: And then there are significant numbers
S01 • E02 And then you have, both within the Colonies, at the borders - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
And then you have, both within the Colonies, at the borders
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: That hard-to- be-govern'd Passion of Youth - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Man as Franklin: That hard-to- be-govern'd Passion of Y...
S01 • E01 Besides a continual Risque to my Health by a Distemper - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
Besides a continual Risque to my Health by a Distemper
S01 • E02 But nobody in 1775 or 1776 has any idea how this is - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
But nobody in 1775 or 1776 has any idea how this is
S01 • E02 And, so, choosing sides also means choosing fates. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
And, so, choosing sides also means choosing fates.
S01 • E01 Narrator: Now, as he became a successful businessman, - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: Now, as he became a successful businessman,
S01 • E02 Wood: The Revolution, as it emerges - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Wood: The Revolution, as it emerges