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Benjamin Franklin accomplished many things throughout his lifetime. He was a well known scientist, inventor, printer, and politician. He was a founding father too. Something really big he did during his lifetime was that he helped draft the declaration of independence, and the U.S. Constitution. He also negotiated the Treaty of Paris which ended the Revolutionary war. He did investigations into electricity. Franklin did stuff with map making and he was very interested in math. Something he published as a printer was Poor Richard's Almanac. He invented bifocal glasses and helped organize the first successful American lending library. He was born on January 17th 17706, in Boston, at that time Boston was called the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Franklin was the 15th child in his family.
Benjamin Franklin wrote letters that are known as Silence Dogood letters. He escaped Philadelphia where his home base was after that. Benjamin Franklin left Philadelphia for London in 1742. In the beginning of the American Revolution he was appointed to the committee of five. Franklin served as an elder statesman at the constitutional convention. Some people described Franklin as ambitious, rebellious, and Motivated to improve. Franklin was very fascinated by electricity. He was the youngest son in his family. He learned to read at a young age. He had success with the school he was attending , but he dropped out at 10 to work at a print shop. It wasn't really all that exciting for him though. Franklin's father , Josiah, didn't want him to go to sea like his other sibling did , so he sent him to work at a print shop with his brother. While Franklin was there he learned a lot about politics.
Franklin used most of his time to study electricities properties. He coined the terms "battery," "positive
charge," and "negative charge." He figured out new ways to generate, store, and deploy electricity. His
design of lightning rods helped prevent many structural fires around the world. Franklin wasn't a
member of an organized church but he said he did respect some, just with different amounts of respect.
He completed two years of elementary education. He did a self education program. Franklin received a
honorary Master of Arts degree from William and Mary college in 1756. He was awarded honorary
Doctor of Laws degree from the university of St. Andrews Scotland in 1759. He also received an
honorary doctorate degree from Oxford university, England 1762. He was also a
musician and meteorologist.
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