Nguva yaakasvika muPhiladelphia musi waMay 5, 1775, mushure mekunge aenda kuGreat Britain, American Revolution yakanga yatanga nekurwisana pakati pevakoloni nemaBritish paLexington neConcord. Mauto eNew England akanga avhara mauto makuru eBritish muBoston. Musangano wePennsylvania wakasarudza Franklin semumiriri wavo kuChipiri Continental Congress. MunaJune 1776, akagadzwa senhengo yeKomiti yeVashanu vakanyora Chirevo cheRusununguko. Kunyange zvazvo akanga akaremara kwenguva pfupi neGout uye asingakwanisi kupinda misangano yakawanda yeKomiti, Franklin akaita shanduko dzinoverengeka "diki asi dzakakosha" kumushanduro yakatumirwa kwaari naThomas Jefferson. Mubvunzo: Franklin akasvika rini muPhiladelphia?
5 May, 1775