Before he became a patriot and founding father, Benjamin Franklin was a businessman. In this audio series "This Month in the Life of Benjamin Franklin," Dr. Blaine McCormick takes a closer look at Benjamin Franklin's business years offering insight and motivation for today's business leaders.

In this segment for early May, Franklin has snakes on his mind and uses them as a symbolic call for unified effort as well as proposing them as a potential "gift" for the British.