Reply #86: At the time of the Boston Tea Party, Franklin did not support independence. [View All]

So he was wrong about that too.

~ Defender of American Rights ~

The crisis precipitated by the Stamp Act (1765) pushed that effort into the background and propelled Franklin into a new role as chief defender of American rights in Britain. At first he advised obedience to the act until it could be repealed, but news of violent protest against it in America stiffened his own opposition. After repeal of the Stamp Act, Franklin reaffirmed his love for the British Empire and his desire to see the union of mother country and colonies "secured and established," but he also warned that "the seeds of liberty are universally found and nothing can eradicate them."

http://www.americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/FRANKLIN.HTM

Got any more dumbass history for me to shoot down??