Question

why would Benjamin Franklin have been a supporter and signer of the Declaration of Independence? Be sure to support your ideas with examples from your sources. Your answer should be about 100 to 150 words in length

Answer 1

Explanation:

In one famous story, John Hancock supposedly said that Congress, having signed the Declaration, must now "all hang together", and Benjamin Franklin replied: "Yes, we must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." The quotation did not appear in print until more than 50 years after ...