Question

Explain whether Benjamin Franklin deserves the title of the "First American." HELP ASAP!

Answer 1

Answer:

Franklin earned the title of the “First American” for his efforts to unite the 13 American colonies, and for his long campaign for American independence from England. ... In 1765, he opposed the Stamp Act, which was a direct tax by the British Parliament on American colonies.

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin is often called the “father“ of America, the fabulous American, or “the first American”, or as a anonymous reporter from 1856 wrote in the New York Times that Franklin “was the incarnation of the true American character. Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father and a polymath, inventor, scientist, printer, politician, freemason and diplomat. Franklin helped to draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War.