Benjamin Franklin
There are many individuals who were important to the American Revolution, both in the lead up to, and the war that followed the schism between Great Britain and her colonies in America. Few individuals had as great an impact on American thought and identity during the revolution as Benjamin Franklin. He lived a life that that in many ways seems larger than life and showed the potential for what Americans could become and has been considered to be the “First American” (Benjamin Franklin, n.d.).
Benjamin Franklin touched upon every aspect of revolutionary American life. He was an inventor, a militia soldier, a volunteer firefighter, an author, a publisher, a bookkeeper, the list goes on and on.…