Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: 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. Sojojin New England sun kama babban sojojin Birtaniya a Boston. Majalisar Pennsylvania ta zabi Franklin a matsayin wakilin su na biyu na Continental Congress. A watan Yunin 1776, an nada shi memba na Kwamitin Biyar wanda ya tsara Yarjejeniyar Independence. Ko da yake ya na da nakasa na wucin gadi ta gout kuma ba zai iya halartar yawancin tarurruka na kwamitin ba, Franklin ya yi canje-canje da yawa "kananan amma masu mahimmanci" ga daftarin da Thomas Jefferson ya aiko masa.  Tambaya: Yaushe ne Franklin ya sauka a Philadelphia?
5 ga Mayu, 1775