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2007-05-26 12:12:14 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Politics

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He was one of the key diplomats involved in persuading France to enter the Revolutionary War on our side. For all their recent military failures, back then they were a real power. It's likely we never would've achieved independence without their aid.

2007-05-26 12:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by Josh 3 · 1 0

Without Ben Franklin, the French don't enter the Revolutionary War, and England puts down the revolt.

George Washington never becomes the first president, instead he ends up drawn-and-quartered (a punishment so gruesome there probably aren't any videos of it on the internet)

2007-05-26 12:21:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Benjamin Franklin was one of our Founding Fathers. He was the one with the kite and the key flying durring a thunderstorm and discovered the electrical charge in lightning. He was also one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the only person to have his picture on a bill who was not a previous president of the United States. (the 100.00 bill).

2007-05-26 12:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by dannyo66 3 · 1 0

Oh, wow, that's too easy! Ben was an inventor, a stateman, a newspaper writer, he wrote "Poor Richard's Almanac", he was instrumental in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, he instituted schools, libraries, hospitals, fire departments... (Don't forget his kite experiment with lightning!)
Just get a good biography on Franklin, or read his autobiography.

2007-05-26 12:17:03 · answer #4 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0 0

Founding father, inventor, and letch, in greater advantageous or much less that order. now no longer in uncomplicated words exchange into he a signer of the fact of Independence, yet he invented such subjects as bifocals and the Franklin selection. He exchange right into a Mason, yet he additionally belonged to the Hellfire club in London, which exchange into consumer-friendly for its debauchery.

2016-11-05 12:16:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

Electricity.

2007-05-26 12:14:30 · answer #6 · answered by Liberal City 6 · 0 1

His relationship with France gave the US a strong ally.

2007-05-26 12:19:34 · answer #7 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 0 0

People learned not to fly kites in thunder storms.

2007-05-26 12:27:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

No one flies kites with metal keys on them anymore!

2007-05-26 12:16:18 · answer #9 · answered by Fat Boy 5 · 0 1

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