Benjamin franklin and john adams were both key figures in building public support for the patriot cause before the beginning of the revolutionary war.

why did both men spend the majority of the revolutionary war in europe?

a
they narrowly escaped the fall of new york to the british and had to leave north america to avoid being hanged.
b
the colonists sent them to britain as representatives to ask parliament for relief one last time shortly before the war began.
c
they went to europe in the hopes of convincing other world powers to recognize the new united states as a country and to form allies who could assist in the revolution.
d
the continental congress asked some influential patriots to leave the country so the revolution would have leadership if the british captured philadelphia and the president of the congress.