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Jul 2022
18m 17s

Benjamin Franklin

History Hit & Assassin's Creed
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As the only person to have signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778, Treaty of Paris in 1783, and U.S. Constitution in 1787, Benjamin Franklin remains in history as perhaps the most important Founding Fathers of the United States. And this even though he never ruled, earning him the title of "the only president of the United States who was never president of the United States". But behind the politician lies a great man of science responsible for a variety of inventions, starting with the lighting rod.


Writer: Abdelhakim Rezgui


Host: Danny Wallace


Production: Axelle Gobert, Clément Lesaffre


Production assistant: Aimie Faconnier


Recording: Théo Albaric


Mixing and editing: Adrien Le Blond, Jimmy Bardin


International coordination: Martin Stahl


Original music: David Spinelli


Pre-existing music: Music from Assassin's Creed Rogue Original Game Soundtrack / Composed by Elitsa Alexandrova / Published by Ubisoft Music Publishing / Courtesy of Ubisoft Music


Illustration: © Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.


Executive producers: Lorenzo Benedetti, Louis Daboussy, Benoit Dunaigre, Julien Fabre, Etienne Bouvier


Ubisoft: Etienne Allonier, Aymar Azaizia, Leslie Capillon, Louis Raynaud, Justine Villeneuve


An original Ubisoft series, produced by Paradiso Media


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