Benjamin Franklin's impact on the American Revolution

” Thus, this paper will explore who Benjamin Franklin is, what major contributions he made towards the American Revolution and after the revolution. It was Franklin’s idea to unite the colonies through a national congress in 1754 following his meeting with a colonial representative in New York. Despite the fact that his attempts failed, he helped lay a foundation for the implementation of the “Articles of Confederation,” which after its ratification in 1781 was used as the first American constitution. Franklin moved to London in 1757 as the Pennsylvania Assembly representative after being elected in 1751 (Dull, pg. For years, he majorly focused on solving legal issues involving William Penn descendants. Franklin helped in drafting as well as negotiating the “Treaty of Paris” of 1783 the saw the end of Revolutionary War.