The Making of a Revolutionary The Lives of Benjamin Franklin : Season 1 Episode 2
CBS 1h 30m int(0)
Aired: December 17th, 1974 @ 7:00 PM EST on CBS
Part 2 covers Franklin's years in England, beginning in 1757, when he was sent to London as an emissary for Pennsylvania on a mission to allow the colony to tax the Penn family's lands. Franklin arrived as an ardent admirer of the empire as well as a lover of the American colonies.