Benjamin Franklin

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the new
government.
Interestingly, Ben Franklin, who was a chief participant in the battle
for independence, “had a lot to lose by it.” (Wright 1986, page 204). He had a
residence in London and was influential in England. However, his love of
liberty and his desire to promote the well being of Pennsylvania pushed him
toward independence for the colonies. Franklin had to wrestle with his
conscience over his own private affairs. Also, since he was well respected in
England, he was "the Establishment man-even if he felt now a deep unease on the
basic question: What was the authority of Parliament over the American
colonies?" (Wright, page 205). At first Franklin wanted the colonies to be and
independent free nation under the caring and protecting umbrella of the British
Empire. "He had dream...of a great British Empire, gridding the globe, based
upon a commonwealth of free nations, each with its own laws, its own government
and freedoms, but bound together by compact with ...

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