1. Benjamin Franklin
... colonies in 1753. "In 1754 he was the delegate from Pennsylvania to the Inter-colonial Congress that met at Albany to address the French and Indian War. During this time period Franklin created an Albany Plan which provided for local independence of the "colonial union."(Morgan). This type of thinking was far in ... between his devotion to his native land and his loyalty to George III of Great Britain. Franklin knew of the inevitability of war. It is because of this that Franklin can be called a liberal. He knew that a change of society was necessary prior to the ... war because he was...
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