Although there are many people who have went down in history, the man that has made some of the greatest discoveries is Ben Franklin, the man that definitely deserves more recognition. Benjamin Franklin has definitely left a permanent mark in history that has affected everyone throughout our time. Benjamin Franklin may not have been born from greatness, but he definitely achieved it. On January 17, 1706 a baby was born, this baby may have seemed impotent, but he grew up to be a leader many know today by the name Benjamin Franklin.…
He proposed the Great Compromise, which needed a two part legislature, one of which was represented based off of population. Benjamin Franklin is known for electricity, politics, and his role in the science of electricity. His newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette was purchased by him in 1729, and he is responsible for authoring and publishing the first political cartoon. He is credited for the invention of the Franklin Stove and the discovery of lightning being electricity. He proposed a plan for the uniting of the colonies in 1754.…
Benjamin founded an " American Philosophical Society." In 1748 Benjamin sold his business so that he could study leisurely. He had become wealthy from selling his business, and could study how he wanted. Benjamin Franklin is known for drafting the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin was the first United States post master general.…
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17th, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. At 17 years old he ran away from Boston to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a fugitive. This was due to the fact that he spoke against the government saying, "Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. " Later in life Franklin was known for his anti-oppressive government views.…
Benjamin Franklin The state he represented is Pennsylvania. It got it’s name from Penn’s Woods, from which William Penn got from a debt that king Charles the II owed William Penn’s father, which he named Pennsylvania. It was settled by all kinds of people how were having trouble paying their taxes. Benjamin Franklin was a inventor, science person, and printer.…
sasha Salazazr 4 Dinner with a Legend Benjamin Franklin was once one of the smartest and most influential person of his time, Benjamin Franklin was one of our founding fathers a man who led us to a new era and united us all as a country. Benjamin had more than one occupation but succeeded as a writer and a scientist. Mr. .Franklin was an intellectual man whose inventions are still used in present day, Mr. Franklin unknowingly had a great impact in our lives, and Mr. Franklin was involved with politics and was very influential. He was an Ambassador for America in Britain aiding the colonies. Benjamin Franklin was and remains a very important figure in the history of the United…
Have you heard about Benjamin Franklin? He is the one that discovered electricity. He is one very important person. If it wasn't for him, we wouldn’t be warm in the winter and we wouldn’t be cooled in the summer. He also invented the lightning bolt, bifocal eyeglasses, and the armonica.…
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father, English-born soap and candle maker Josiah Franklin, had seven children with first wife, Anne Child, and 10 more with second wife, Abiah Folger. Ben was his 15th child and youngest son. Ben learned to read at an early age, and despite his success at the Boston Latin School, he stopped his formal schooling at 10 to work full-time in his cash-strapped father’s candle and soap shop. Dipping wax and cutting wicks didn’t fire the young boy’s imagination, however.…
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Now most people know Franklin for his famous inventions such as the lighting rod and wood stove. However, most people don’t know that he went to Britain to spy on parliament, “He ended up being sent over to England on several occasions to spy out different things in parliament. Because of his family 's loyalty to the crown, it was not hard to get in and Garcia 6 out of there without suspicion” (Pavao, J). Including with this, Franklin also helped Jefferson with the Declaration of Independence. Franklin was so in the thought of gaining independence for the colonists that he even had to throw his own son in jail, so that his son wouldn’t tell of Franklin’s plans.…
What if your whole future depended on the order you were born and even your profession was to be decided by you parents according to what your siblings had already chosen for themselves? Worse yet how would you cope with the fact that given this conditions, you are the youngest son out seventeen kids? In an autobiographical letter written to his son William, Benjamin Franklin describes in detail the hardships he faced while growing up in an extensive family, and how he became an intellectual man out of passion for reading and writing, and later on one of the Founding Fathers of the Nation. With his passion and dynamism, Franklin became a key figure in the American Revolution and his autobiography serves as an example of what was parallel to this conflict.…
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was the first general Postmaster of the United States as well as the first diplomat to France and England and greatly increased America’s relationship with these countries. Both Machiavelli, the Italian politician who wrote The Prince, and Sun Tzu, the Chinese war philosopher who wrote The Art of War, write about what it means to be a good leader. Although, Benjamin Franklin was a great leader he could have still received some advice from Sun Tzu and Machiavelli.…
Quote: “” Established, 1790, to burn English-influenced books in the Colonies. First Fireman: Benjamin Franklin. ”"(Bradbury 16). B. Explanation: Born in 1706, Benjamin Franklin was one of America’s most important founding fathers and greatest contributors to the Declaration of Independence. He also stood with America during the American Revolution.…
Benjamin Franklin had a profound effect on his community, the city of Philadelphia, our nation and people all over the world. He is often believed to be one of the most prolific authors and contributors early to American literature. His idealistic views, wisdom and leadership approach are unmatched. Moreover, many life lessons can be learned from studying The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Always surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals who will propel you to greatness: Benjamin Franklin associated with a group of friends who all enjoyed.…
When he was young, his family had little money. By the time Franklin was thirty, he has a great abundance of wealth. In The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Franklin describes his life and how he lived in. In part three of his self-narrative, he talks about all of the many great accomplishments he had throughout his life. Benjamin Franklin had many accomplishments, he “invented an open stove for the better warming of rooms” (Franklin 92) to a whole Fire Company.…