The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Why did Franklin's family move to America?

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Franklin's family was Protestant through the Reformation; some remained in the Church of England and others were Episcopal later. Josiah, his own father, married young and moved to New England in 1682 to practice their religion freely.

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