Benjamin Franklin Political Background

Franklin began his political career when he was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1751.
In 1754, he presented the significant Albany Plan of Union at the Albany Congress.
With his plan, he proposed that the colonies unify under one government to help organize and protect the individual colonies.
Get Great Britain to allow Pennsylvania to have more autonomy and self-rule.
As the revolution approached with increasingly strict rules over the colonies, Franklin tried to persuade Britain that these acts would eventually lead to revolt.
Franklin reorganized the postal system.