Keywords American Revolution, literature, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, pamphlets, independence, political literature, American identity, post-revolution literature, Patrick Henry, Declaration ...

Benjamin Franklin had an exceptionally close bond with his son—until the American Revolution pitted them against each other. Benjamin Franklin and his son William demonstrate the electrical ...

In a letter to his friend Benjamin Rush he predicted that future generations would believe that "The essence of the [American Revolution was] that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod smote the earth and ...

“The Autobiography of Benjamin ... Revolution. He has no intention of disabusing anyone about his kite-flying experiments. Or of sparing anyone his beseechments and bromides. A good thing for ...

The eight-episode Apple TV+ series, which premieres April 12, focuses on Benjamin Franklin's time in France amid the American Revolution. Franklin and his grandson, William Temple Franklin (played ...

Franklin is a biographical drama miniseries that was released on Apple TV+ on April 12, 2024. It was directed by Tim Van Patten and based on a screenplay by Kirk Ellis and Howard Korder.

Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin was colonial ... who had emigrated from Ecton, England, Franklin became an American printer of national significance: the editor and ...

In part because Benjamin Franklin had such a multifarious ... the French court amid the crucial years advancing the American cause in the Revolutionary War. It is still striking to read the ...

Benjamin Franklin, a Founding Father of the United States, came to symbolize for many what it meant to be an American during the Revolutionary War with his unadorned clothes and speech, quick wit, and ...