Benjamin franking stood in the well of the British house of commons in London and answered a series of questions put to him by member of Parliament about the effects of the Stamp Act. of 1756 on the British colonies on the North american mainland.
He was the star witness of a series of hearings called by the government, newly formed by the Marquies of Rochingham, to meet the growing public demand in Great Britain for the repeal of the stamp act. Rocking ham's ministry had taken office after the fall of the ministry led by George Grenville, the principal author and advocate of the Stamp act, and hope to use these hearings to bolster its standing and tarnish the standing of ists predecessor.
Franklin was to be the star witness and he lived up to the role in which rocking ham's government cast him.
The man who quietly …show more content…
Renowned throughout the western world as the man who explained electricity and who devides a series of memorable experiments for its scientific study, he was a eading figure of thre transatlantic enlightenment.
thus, when he stood before parliament, Franklin embodied the three contexts within which he and hte other founding fathers emerge to shape and to be shaped by the development of american history. Having penetrated from the fringes of the British empire to its epicenter, he symbolized the effort to transcend the difference between periphery and center that overshadowed relation between the american colonies an the mother country.
he also embodied the american colonists understanding of themselve as free born english subject when tat vision no dhared by the crown;s officals or by most members of parliament, had bgun to provoke crisis within the
He was the star witness of a series of hearings called by the government, newly formed by the Marquies of Rochingham, to meet the growing public demand in Great Britain for the repeal of the stamp act. Rocking ham's ministry had taken office after the fall of the ministry led by George Grenville, the principal author and advocate of the Stamp act, and hope to use these hearings to bolster its standing and tarnish the standing of ists predecessor.
Franklin was to be the star witness and he lived up to the role in which rocking ham's government cast him.
The man who quietly …show more content…
Renowned throughout the western world as the man who explained electricity and who devides a series of memorable experiments for its scientific study, he was a eading figure of thre transatlantic enlightenment.
thus, when he stood before parliament, Franklin embodied the three contexts within which he and hte other founding fathers emerge to shape and to be shaped by the development of american history. Having penetrated from the fringes of the British empire to its epicenter, he symbolized the effort to transcend the difference between periphery and center that overshadowed relation between the american colonies an the mother country.
he also embodied the american colonists understanding of themselve as free born english subject when tat vision no dhared by the crown;s officals or by most members of parliament, had bgun to provoke crisis within the