The Age of Benjamin Franklin
Season 1
Ep 21. Benjamin Franklin: Making Peace
- TV-PG
- March 2, 2018
- 33 min
Although Franklin enjoyed himself in France, his primary mission was one of complicated diplomacy - first, to bring France into a military alliance with the United States; second, to negotiate with other European powers to support the American cause; and finally, to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain. Witness his strategy for achieving these ends.