of the representatives from Pennsylvania, originally from Boston where he was born. “Given the state of English politics and the character of English Politicians, war was now inevitable” (Franklin 241). But Franklin continued to urge peace; both to his British friends and to the patriots back home” (Franklin 241). In Benjamin Franklin’s pamphlet The Plain Truth, Franklin outlines the need to unify the colonies to build a common colonial defense (Franklin 104). This was a difficult task to convince among some the colonists, due to the fact the Quakers from Pennsylvania were a peace loving people, who were not looking to fight in a war with England (Franklin 108). In the years leading up to the American Revolution, Franklin along with other
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Having successfully represented the British soldiers following the Boston Massacre, in which multiple colonists were gunned down, he was known to be a fair and honorable statesman (Unger 129). He and his wife Abigail wrote to each other throughout their marriage when he was away on business, and you have a sense of how they felt about the impending war when you read their notes. Life was difficult and things were scarce, you went without instead of paying high prices for items of luxury. “Every article here in the West India way is very scarce and dear. “In six weeks we shall not be able to purchase any article of any kind” (founders), Abigail is writing to John Adams on July 16, 1775 and telling him about how scarce everything is and about the war ships in the harbor firing upon the soldiers. “They came of with a hot and continued to fire upon them, the bullets flying in every direction and the Men of War boats plying them with small arms” (founders). You can hear the fear in her tone as she remains in the house with their young children while he is away with other members of the Continental Congress trying to reach an agreement with the British to prevent the inevitable war. When we start analyzing the data we find that living in the colonies following the Boston Tea party was a difficult time for many. There were people on both sides, those who were
Having successfully represented the British soldiers following the Boston Massacre, in which multiple colonists were gunned down, he was known to be a fair and honorable statesman (Unger 129). He and his wife Abigail wrote to each other throughout their marriage when he was away on business, and you have a sense of how they felt about the impending war when you read their notes. Life was difficult and things were scarce, you went without instead of paying high prices for items of luxury. “Every article here in the West India way is very scarce and dear. “In six weeks we shall not be able to purchase any article of any kind” (founders), Abigail is writing to John Adams on July 16, 1775 and telling him about how scarce everything is and about the war ships in the harbor firing upon the soldiers. “They came of with a hot and continued to fire upon them, the bullets flying in every direction and the Men of War boats plying them with small arms” (founders). You can hear the fear in her tone as she remains in the house with their young children while he is away with other members of the Continental Congress trying to reach an agreement with the British to prevent the inevitable war. When we start analyzing the data we find that living in the colonies following the Boston Tea party was a difficult time for many. There were people on both sides, those who were