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What would come to be called the French and Indian War
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Benjamin Franklin

What would come to be calledthe French and Indian War

What would come to be called
the French and Indian War

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What would come to be called the French and Indian War.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:05:55
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

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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 They captured Savannah, Georgia, and later, - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
They captured Savannah, Georgia, and later,
S01 • E01 Franklin was chosen as one of 4 Pennsylvania delegates - Benjamin Franklin 00:17
Franklin was chosen as one of 4 Pennsylvania delegates
S01 • E02 Soon, a British army, under General Lord Cornwallis, - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Soon, a British army, under General Lord Cornwallis,
S01 • E01 He was familiar with the way the Iroquois nations - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
He was familiar with the way the Iroquois nations
S01 • E02 "Our present situation makes one of two things essential to us," - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
"Our present situation makes one of two things essentia...
S01 • E02 "A peace or the most vigorous aid of our allies, - Benjamin Franklin 00:14
"A peace or the most vigorous aid of our allies,
S01 • E01 It gave him an idea. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
It gave him an idea.
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: It would be a very strange thing, - Benjamin Franklin 00:29
Man as Franklin: It would be a very strange thing,
S01 • E02 Man as Lafayette: My dear friend, You have no idea - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Man as Lafayette: My dear friend, You have no idea
S01 • E02 We are naked, shockingly naked, and worse off on that - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
We are naked, shockingly naked, and worse off on that
S01 • E02 For God's sake let us have - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
For God's sake let us have
S01 • E01 Narrator: Franklin urged his fellow delegates - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Narrator: Franklin urged his fellow delegates
S01 • E02 Narrator: In France, managing the purchase - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: In France, managing the purchase
S01 • E02 Franklin did what he could to speed things up, but some - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Franklin did what he could to speed things up, but some
S01 • E01 He and Thomas Hutchinson, an ally from Massachusetts, - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
He and Thomas Hutchinson, an ally from Massachusetts,
S01 • E02 Vergennes was angered at the news. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
Vergennes was angered at the news.
S01 • E01 It proposed a Grand Council for the Colonies, - Benjamin Franklin 00:21
It proposed a Grand Council for the Colonies,
S01 • E02 He approved an outright gift, not a loan, the largest - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
He approved an outright gift, not a loan, the largest
S01 • E02 Franklin, meanwhile, wrote Congress, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Franklin, meanwhile, wrote Congress,
S01 • E01 Individual colonies would keep their own authority - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
Individual colonies would keep their own authority