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Was benjamin franklin. >> madame. [ light laughter ] >> he's sent to france to go secure foreign aid from the french king. he presents himself as he thinks the french court wants to see him. he's the rustic american with the coonskin cap on his head. ♪ he makes quite the splash in versailles, where everybody's wearing the powdered wigs and the makeup and the elaborate dress for men and women. he is absolutely not rustic. but he's playing a role. >> thanks to the french alliance franklin secures, washington traps british general charles cornwallis in yorktown and prepares to strike the killin...

[ light laughter ] >> he's sent to france to go secure foreign aid from the french king. he presents himself as he thinks the french court wants to see him. he's the rustic american with the coonskin cap on his head. ♪ he makes quite the splash in versailles, where everybody's wearing the powdered wigs and the makeup and the elaborate dress for men and women. he is absolutely not rustic. but he's playing a role. >> thanks to the french alliance franklin secures, washington traps british general charles cornwallis in yorktown and prepares to strike the killing blow. >> the goal is to remove t...