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Wood: The Revolution, as it emerges
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Benjamin Franklin

The Revolution,as it emerges and becomes a war,is a civil war

Wood: The Revolution,
as it emerges and becomes a war,
is a civil war

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Wood: The Revolution, as it emerges
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and becomes a war, is a civil war.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:10
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 • 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.
S01 • E02 Narrator: By now, hundreds of British ships had arrived - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: By now, hundreds of British ships had arrived
S01 • E01 If she remarried and it turned out he wasn't dead, - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
If she remarried and it turned out he wasn't dead,
S01 • E01 She now lived with her widowed mother, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
She now lived with her widowed mother,
S01 • E02 Washington's army would be overmatched and easily routed - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
Washington's army would be overmatched and easily route...
S01 • E02 British Admiral Lord Richard Howe sent Franklin a letter - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
British Admiral Lord Richard Howe sent Franklin a letter
S01 • E01 Franklin felt some responsibility - Benjamin Franklin 00:24
Franklin felt some responsibility
S01 • E02 Franklin and a small delegation met with Howe - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Franklin and a small delegation met with Howe
S01 • E02 Howe now suggested that the colonies might also have - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Howe now suggested that the colonies might also have
S01 • E02 He should ask the king for permission to negotiate - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
He should ask the king for permission to negotiate
S01 • E01 We throve together, and have ever mutually endeavour'd - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
We throve together, and have ever mutually endeavour'd
S01 • E02 "When an American falls, England feels it," he said. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
"When an American falls, England feels it," he sai...
S01 • E01 I think they rubbed on together beautifully, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
I think they rubbed on together beautifully,