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He honored Massachusetts by being born in Boston in 1706, the son of an emigrant, like millions after him  his father being of English birth. HE HONORED MASSACHUSETTS BY BEING BORN IN BOSTON IN SEVENTEEN O SIX THE SON OF AN EMIGRANT LIKE MILLIONS AFTER HIM HIS FATHER BEING OF ENGLISH BIRTH
nd the United States of America would have been postponed. On the other hand, it was Franklin’s cool sagacity that convinced first the French and then the British that there was an America; that several million people were determined to cling together as a nation. Washington was the standing proof of the willingness of Americans to fight for self-government; Franklin was the man who went far to convince the world that Americans were capable of carrying on their government after they got it. Besides his reputation as the greatest American writer of his time, and the most renowned scientific man, he gained and deserved the repute of being a main supporting pillar of the new United States of America. [Illustration: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S BIRTHPLACE It stood on Milk Street, Boston, until destroyed by fire in 1810] _Franklin in Massachusetts_ In a time when most Americans passed their lives within the borders of their own colony, Franklin was a citizen of two colonies, and an official of four. E FIGURES WITHOUT THE COURAGE FAITH AND PERSONAL LEADERSHIP OF WASHINGTON THE ARMY WOULD HAVE GONE TO PIECES AT VALLEY FORGE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WOULD HAVE BEEN POSTPONED ON THE OTHER HAND IT WAS FRANKLIN'S COOL SAGACITY THAT CONVINCED FIRST THE FRENCH AND THEN THE BRITISH THAT THERE WAS IN AMERICA THAT SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE WERE DETERMINED TO CLING TOGETHER AS A NATION WASHINGTON WAS THE STANDING PROOF OF THE WILLINGNESS OF AMERICANS TO FIGHT FOR SELF GOVERNMENT FRANKLIN WAS THE MAN WHO WENT FAR TO CONVINCE THE WORLD THAT AMERICANS WERE CAPABLE OF CARRYING ON THEIR GOVERNMENT AFTER THEY GOT IT BESIDES HIS REPUTATION AS THE GREATEST AMERICAN WRITER OF HIS TIME AND THE MOST RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC MAN HE GAINED AND DESERVED THE REPUTE OF BEING A MAIN SUPPORTING PILLAR OF THE NEW UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FRANKLIN IN MASSACHUSETTS IN A TIME WHEN MOST AMERICANS PASSED THEIR LIVES WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THEIR OWN COLONY FRANKLIN WAS A CITIZEN OF TWO COLONIES AND AN OFFICIAL OF FOUR
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