As a young boy, Benjamin Franklin helped his brother print newspapers. He had wanted to write the newspaper, but his brother, James Franklin, wouldn’t allow it. As a result, Benjamin Franklin used his pen name, Silence Dogood, to write letters that gave advice and other information. He secretly put them into his brother’s printing shop. He eventually ran away to Pennsylvania at age 17 and became the publisher of a successful newspaper company called the Pennsylvania Gazette. Benjamin Franklin also started the Library Company where thousands of reading material was kept for the public to read. Five years after the Pennsylvania Gazette, Benjamin published Poor Richard’s Almanac, which has some of today’s well known quotes. As Benjamin Franklin got much older, he wrote a biography about his life, but sadly died before the book was ever published.
In 1743, Benjamin Franklin retired from his writing and printing career. He had a great interest in storms and more specifically electricity. In 1750, Benjamin Franklin published a plan to prove that lightning was electricity. He demonstrated that with his incredibly famous kite and key experiment during a lightning storm verifying that lightning was electricity. Benjamin Franklin also did many more experiments that confirmed much of the knowledge that we know today.
As for inventions, Benjamin Franklin made some of the most important inventions in history. The bifocal glasses were invented by Benjamin Franklin. They were very helpful to many people who had many different eye conditions because they had two different optical powers. Some of his other grand inventions were the Franklin stove (fireplace), an odometer, and a lightning rod.
Later on, politics became more of an importance for Benjamin Franklin. He changed some of the parts in the Declaration of Independence and was one of the fifty-six delegates who signed it. Benjamin Franklin was the only Founding Father who signed the four most important documents in the United States: Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Alliance, Treaty of Peace, and the Constitution. There were many other things that Benjamin Franklin made a difference in as well, but one of his last acts was the anti-slavery treaty.
Throughout Benjamin Franklin’s life, he completed a great deal, and it changed our lives and our world. He was a man of great talent and intelligence. Out of all the writers, printers, scientists, inventors, and politicians, Benjamin Franklin is the most important one.
In 1743, Benjamin Franklin retired from his writing and printing career. He had a great interest in storms and more specifically electricity. In 1750, Benjamin Franklin published a plan to prove that lightning was electricity. He demonstrated that with his incredibly famous kite and key experiment during a lightning storm verifying that lightning was electricity. Benjamin Franklin also did many more experiments that confirmed much of the knowledge that we know today.
As for inventions, Benjamin Franklin made some of the most important inventions in history. The bifocal glasses were invented by Benjamin Franklin. They were very helpful to many people who had many different eye conditions because they had two different optical powers. Some of his other grand inventions were the Franklin stove (fireplace), an odometer, and a lightning rod.
Later on, politics became more of an importance for Benjamin Franklin. He changed some of the parts in the Declaration of Independence and was one of the fifty-six delegates who signed it. Benjamin Franklin was the only Founding Father who signed the four most important documents in the United States: Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Alliance, Treaty of Peace, and the Constitution. There were many other things that Benjamin Franklin made a difference in as well, but one of his last acts was the anti-slavery treaty.
Throughout Benjamin Franklin’s life, he completed a great deal, and it changed our lives and our world. He was a man of great talent and intelligence. Out of all the writers, printers, scientists, inventors, and politicians, Benjamin Franklin is the most important one.
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"Benjamin Franklin." Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
Philadelphia, the time Ben reaches, Andrew Bradford has already replaced his employee, another printer in the city, and Sir William Keith. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Ben
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