A lokacin da Franklin ya isa Philadelphia a ranar 5 ga Mayu, 1775, bayan aikinsa na biyu zuwa Birtaniya, juyin juya halin Amurka ya fara tare da fada tsakanin masu mulkin mallaka da Birtaniya a Lexington da Concord. 'Yan bindigar New England sun kama babban sojojin Birtaniya a Boston. Majalisar Pennsylvania ta zabi Franklin a matsayin wakilin su a majalisa na biyu na Continental. A watan Yuni 1776, an nada shi memba na Kwamitin Biyar wanda ya rubuta Dokar Independence. Ko da yake ya kasance na wucin gadi ta hanyar gout kuma ba zai iya halartar mafi yawan tarurruka na kwamitin ba, Franklin ya yi canje-canje da dama "kananan amma masu muhimmanci" ga shirin da Thomas Jefferson ya aiko masa. Tambaya: A ina ne sojojin soja suka kama sojojin Birtaniya?
Birnin Boston