Answer: He was a hero
Explanation: Franklin firmly endorsed the idea that Britain should relax its control over the American colonies and allow settlers a greater role in running their own businesses.
In 1774 he went to England to petition King George III (1738-1820) in favor of the colonists and the newly formed Continental Congress. The king and the House of Lords rejected the petition, and by the time Franklin returned to Philadelphia, the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) had already begun.
After his election to the Second Continental Congress, Franklin organized the postal service, becoming its chief, and helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence, signed July 4, 1776. That same year, Franklin was chosen as ambassador. American in France and, while in office, managed to convince the French government to support the American cause with weapons and supplies.
3 ways the industrial revolution changed America/
1. Caused more jobs all over America
2. Population shift- moving from rural agricultural to work in factories in cities
3. The rise of steam power, example: railways and steam powered machines
4. Mass production of goods, increased efficiency, reduced average costs and enabled more to be produced.
A primary source is a person (or a record produced by a person) who was actually there, as a witness or a participant of the event in question. A secondary source is someone who obtained information from a primary source and who then wrote or spoke about it.
The Democratic Party asserted dominance in the South after the Compromise of 1877 which effectively ended the Reconstruction and the Republican rule in the South. The promises the Democrats made, to protect and respect the rights of the African American people were not kept and through a series of Jim Crow laws they tried to maintain the control over the black population.
