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Benjamin Franklin

Pennsylvania's coloniallegislature awarded him the contract to printits paper currency

Pennsylvania's colonial
legislature awarded him the contract to print
its paper currency

Full Transcript

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Pennsylvania's colonial legislature awarded him
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the contract to print its paper currency.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:03
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 He asked Franklin to "suggest such alterations as your - Benjamin Franklin 00:19
He asked Franklin to "suggest such alterations as your
S01 • E01 When he learned that South Carolina - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
When he learned that South Carolina
S01 • E01 And on October 2, 1729, he began publishing - Benjamin Franklin 00:38
And on October 2, 1729, he began publishing
S01 • E02 Jenkinson: Franklin sits back and ponders it a little - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Jenkinson: Franklin sits back and ponders it a little
S01 • E02 Jefferson had written, "We hold these truths to be - Benjamin Franklin 00:10
Jefferson had written, "We hold these truths to be
S01 • E02 'We hold these truths to be self-evident.'" - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
'We hold these truths to be self-evident.'"
S01 • E01 "If you would make your paper a vehicle of scandal," - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
"If you would make your paper a vehicle of scandal,&quo...
S01 • E02 Franklin is saying, "We're trying to create a new type - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
Franklin is saying, "We're trying to create a new ...
S01 • E01 Dunbar: Ben Franklin understood the power - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Dunbar: Ben Franklin understood the power
S01 • E01 He understood that those who controlled words, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
He understood that those who controlled words,
S01 • E02 To say something is "self evident," to say that it's - Benjamin Franklin 00:21
To say something is "self evident," to say that it...
S01 • E01 He could be the arbiter of what was seen as important. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
He could be the arbiter of what was seen as important.
S01 • E01 Brands: The idea, first, was to engage people, - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
Brands: The idea, first, was to engage people,
S01 • E01 Franklin understood that if you could get people - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Franklin understood that if you could get people
S01 • E02 It's a classic lawyer's trick to say, - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
It's a classic lawyer's trick to say,
S01 • E01 Narrator: He also welcomed essays - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
Narrator: He also welcomed essays
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: If all printers were determined - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Man as Franklin: If all printers were determined
S01 • E02 Bailyn: They were not talking about liberating women in any - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Bailyn: They were not talking about liberating women in any
S01 • E02 But in incremental ways, it grew and grew because if you - Benjamin Franklin 00:17
But in incremental ways, it grew and grew because if you
S01 • E01 Isaacson: He said in the end you have to bear - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Isaacson: He said in the end you have to bear