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Franklin believed the schools of his time were out of date. They taught only the classical languages, theology, and preparation for the ministry. Franklin thought that a more practical education would be better. He printed a booklet presenting this view, 'Proposals Relative to the Education of Youth in Pensilvania'. The suggestions that he made in this booklet brought about the founding of an academy, which later became the University of Pennsylvania.
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In 1753 Franklin became deputy postmaster general, in charge of mail in all the northern colonies. Thereafter he began to think in intercolonial terms. His "Plan of Union," adopted by the Albany Congress in 1754, would have established a general council, with representatives from the several colonies, to organize the common defense against the encroaching French and to supervise Indian relations with new settlements.
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Noting how defenseless Philadelphia was, Franklin wrote a pamphlet called "Plain Truth" - alerting his fellow countrymen to the risks of French and Indian attacks on the English colonies in America. He urged unity & militia training. Franklin was chosen Colonel of the Philadelphia regiment, but he declined the offer. About then he designed the Franklin Stove, declining to take out a patent for it.
Franklin enjoyed the parties given in his honor and made many close friends among the French people. He ... worked very hard. First he had to secure formal recognition for his country. Then he had to persuade the French that an alliance would be helpful to them. He was successful, and the Treaty of Paris was signed Feb. 6, 1778.
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According to Adams, Franklin did hardly any work at all but entertained himself ceaselessly. In fact, from other accounts it is clear that Franklin was among the hardest working men that most of his French acquaintances had ever met. He had simply concluded that it was best to do his work with Mr. Adams not around. Franklin finally prevailed upon the Congress to recall Adams, for which Adams never forgave him, as well as eventually Lee, because they were interfering seriously with his business.
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[I]t is ... clear that Franklin broke with his son and was so bitter about being deserted "in a cause where my good fame, fortune and life were all at stake" that they never reconciled. Currey is correct that the British had a code number for Franklin, but the French also had a code for him ("Prométhée," the Greek god who brought fire from heaven). The British had code numbers for almost everyone, including Washington ("Number 206"). And British and French spies were so common that Franklin simply ignored them.
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