Question

Which statement best summarizes the accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin during the American Revolution?

Answer 1

He served as a political leader and as a diplomat.

Answer 2

Answer:

• He served as a political leader and as a diplomat.

Explanation:

Franklin came back to Philadelphia in May 1775, not long after the Revolutionary War had started, and was chosen to fill in as a representative to the Second Continental Congress, America's overseeing body at the time. In 1776, he was a piece of the five-part board of trustees that helped draft the Declaration of Independence, wherein the 13 American provinces pronounced their opportunity from British principle. That equivalent year, Congress sent Franklin to France to enroll that country's assistance with the Revolutionary War. In February 1778, the French marked a military collusion with America and proceeded to give officers, supplies, and money that demonstrated basic to America's triumph in the war.  

As minister to France beginning in 1778, Franklin arranged and draft the 1783 Treaty of Paris that finished the Revolutionary War.