Colonist
Parliament's declaration alienated moderates like John Adams and Benjamin Franklin.
No. Remember, the colonies fought the English because they felt that the taxes incurred on them were unfair because there was no one in Parliament to represent the American Colonists interests. Recall the famous colonist chant, "no taxation, without representation!"
Benjamin Franklin was a successful as a printer with a newspaper. He was also able to support the revolution through shipments of munitions to the colonist.
Benjamin Franklin was important to the colonists' fight for independence because he secured help from the French.
Common sense
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Benjamin Franklin who went to Paris as an ambassador.
Taxes
he argued that tthe british goverment had no right to tax the colonist because they had no rerspresnitive in parlement
Benjamin Franklin, as he was one of the founding fathers of the American Enlightenment movement.
Benjamin Franklin went to France to seek their assistance on behalf of the colonists during the American Revolution. He arrived in Paris in December, 1776 and returned to America in 1785.