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Benjamin Franklin

On the same dayBenjamin Franklin was voting to approve theDeclaration, his son William...

Narrator: On the same day
Benjamin Franklin was voting to approve the
Declaration, his son William arrived in Connecticut,
where he was told he was now officially a prisoner of
the brand-new United States of America

Full Transcript

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Narrator: On the same day Benjamin Franklin
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was voting to approve the Declaration, his son William
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arrived in Connecticut, where he was told he was now
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officially a prisoner of the brand-new
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United States of America.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:49
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 • 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
S01 • E02 Families are divided, uh, - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Families are divided, uh,
S01 • E01 Meanwhile, his former fiancée Deborah Read - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Meanwhile, his former fiancée Deborah Read
S01 • E02 Schiff: Almost everyone involved in the Revolution has family - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Schiff: Almost everyone involved in the Revolution has famil...
S01 • E01 Her husband had abandoned her and fled to the West Indies. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Her husband had abandoned her and fled to the West Indies.
S01 • E01 Reports came back that he had died there in a brawl, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Reports came back that he had died there in a brawl,
S01 • E02 So, this really does tear families apart. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
So, this really does tear families apart.
S01 • E02 In Franklin's case, um, it comes as a complete break - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
In Franklin's case, um, it comes as a complete break
S01 • E01 In Quaker Pennsylvania, Deborah was in a legal limbo. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
In Quaker Pennsylvania, Deborah was in a legal limbo.