<span>Benjamin Franklin was one of the first person who encouraged cooperation among the British-American colonies.
He played the two most important roles - first as a Philadelphia delegate to the continental congress, where he trained younger persons like John Adams
After this, the second most important role was his diplomacy in France.</span><span />
Rene Goulaine de Laudonnière (c. 1529–1574) was a French Huguenot explorer and the founder of the French colony of Fort Caroline in what is now Jacksonville, Florida.