I think that is a great question. One thing most of my students are always puzzled by studying the Am Rev is why the sides were not overwhelmingly for the Patriots vs the British. Perhaps this is a question that Franklin would answer in his way but I wonder what other colonial Patriots would feel similar to their children as Franklin? Or conversely, as you do.
The wise contradict themselves. - Oscar Wilde
I think that is a great question. One thing most of my students are always puzzled by studying the Am Rev is why the sides were not overwhelmingly for the Patriots vs the British. Perhaps this is a question that Franklin would answer in his way but I wonder what other colonial Patriots would feel similar to their children as Franklin? Or conversely, as you do.