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In 1751, after serving as a clerk 15 years, Franklin was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly.  He used his new position to advance civic projects such as pushing legislation to maintain and light the streets.  One of the primary issues faced by the Assembly was keeping their frontier border safe from Indian attacks orchestrated by the French.  There was frequent conflict between the Assembly and the Proprietary leadership of the Penn family.  The Penns controlled a vast majority of the lands in Pennsylvania, however, forbid them to be taxed which hampered the Assembly's ability to build an adequate militia.  Penn repeatedly fought the Penn family and tried, without success, to have the King take direct control of Pennsylvania.

In 1751, after serving as a clerk 15 years, Franklin was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly.  He used his new position to advance civic projects such as pushing legislation to maintain and light the streets.  One of the primary issues faced by the Assembly was keeping their frontier border safe from Indian attacks orchestrated by the French.  There was frequent conflict between the Assembly and the Proprietary leadership of the Penn family.  The Penns controlled a vast majority of the lands in Pennsylvania, however, forbid them to be taxed which hampered the Assembly's ability to build an adequate militia.  Penn repeatedly fought the Penn family and tried, without success, to have the King take direct control of Pennsylvania.

Franklin followed [[republicanism]] of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] when he opposed what he saw as the emerging [[aristocracy]] that they feared [[Alexander Hamilton]] was creating with the [[Federalist Party]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqroV-TkIhgC&q=Thus,+the+charge+that+Machiavelli's+republic+is+a+tyranny+turns+out+to+be+true+after+&pg=PR60|title=Machiavelli's Liberal Republican Legacy|last=Rahe|first=Paul A.|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1139448338|page=3}}</ref>

Franklin followed the [[republicanism]] of [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] when he opposed what he saw as the emerging [[aristocracy]] that he feared [[Alexander Hamilton]] was creating with the [[Federalist Party]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZqroV-TkIhgC&q=Thus,+the+charge+that+Machiavelli's+republic+is+a+tyranny+turns+out+to+be+true+after+&pg=PR60|title=Machiavelli's Liberal Republican Legacy|last=Rahe|first=Paul A.|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1139448338|page=3}}</ref>

==Colonial agent in London==

==Colonial agent in London==