Second Continental Congress After the English authorities accused Benjamin Franklin of treason. He...
Category - The American Revolution
Treaty of Alliance with France
Committee of Secret Correspondence In November 1775 the Continental Congress created the Committee...
Ambassador to France
The Continental Congress, formed in 1775 after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, sent Benjamin...
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was formally signed on September 3rd, 1783 in Paris by representatives of the...
President of the Council of Pennsylvania
After the was signed in 1783 Franklin had to wait two more years until he was relieved of his...
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention, also known as the Philadelphia Convention, met in Philadelphia...