I'm pretty sure this is wrong but my best guess would be John smith. You know, that guy from Pocahontas.
Although Franklin<span> was eighty-one years old and in generally poor health, he participated as a delegate to the </span>Constitutional Convention<span> in Philadelphia with George Washington presiding. ... </span>Franklin<span> helped break the deadlock and pave the way for what became known as the "great compromise."</span>
Now the knowledge about historical events is almost automatically updated and hierarchically set in the Internet. All the new information we have to find in one place. We have many sources of information that describe one event from different angles. Finally, the technology allows to play back events, e.g. battles, which allows to better understand the context.
The rivers are the seine, rhone, and loire