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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706.
  • Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew that James would never  let him. After all, Benjamin was just a lowly apprentice. So Ben began writing  letters at night and signing them with the name of a fictional widow, Silence  Dogood. Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world around her,  particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated.
  • Running away was illegal. In early America, people all had to have a place in  society and runaways did not fit in anywhere. Regardless Ben took a boat to New  York where he hoped to find work as a printer.
  • He was wet, disheveled, and messy when his future wife, Deborah Read, saw him  on that day, October, 6, 1723. She thought him odd-looking, never dreaming that  seven years later they would be married.

  • In 1728, Benjamin fathered a child named William. The mother of William is  not known. However, in 1730 Benjamin married his childhood sweetheart, Deborah  Read. Deborah's husband had run off, and now she was able to marry.

  • During the 1720s and 1730s, the side of Franklin devoted to public good  started to show itself. He organized the Junto, a young working-man's group  dedicated to self- and-civic improvement. He joined the Masons. He was a very  busy man socially.
  • Many of the famous phrases associated with Franklin, such as, "A penny saved is  a penny earned" come from Poor Richard.
    
  • In 1743, he helped to launch the American Philosophical Society, the first  learned society in America. Recognizing that the city needed better help in  treating the sick, Franklin brought together a group who formed the Pennsylvania  Hospital in 1751.
  • By 1749 he retired from business and started concentrating on science,  experiments, and inventions. This was nothing new to Franklin. In 1743, he had  already invented a heat-efficient stove — called the Franklin stove — to help  warm houses efficiently.
  • In the early 1750's he turned to the study of electricity.
  • In 1765, Franklin was caught by surprise by America's overwhelming opposition to  the Stamp Act. His testimony before Parliament helped persuade the members to  repeal the law.

  • Franklin was elected to the Second Continental Congress and worked on a  committee of five that helped to draft the Declaration of Independence. Though  much of the writing is Thomas Jefferson's, much of the contribution is  Franklin's. In 1776 Franklin signed the Declaration, and afterward sailed to  France as an ambassador to the Court of Louis XVI.

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  • James was not grateful to Ben for keeping the paper going.

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• 19 Mar 13
  

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  • But Franklin thrived on work. In 1733 he started publishing Poor Richard's  Almanack. Almanacs of the era were printed annually, and contained things  like weather reports, recipes, predictions and homilies
  • Early in his time abroad, Franklin considered himself a loyal Englishman
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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker
• 06 Dec 12
  

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• 07 Nov 12
  

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  • Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer
  • Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer. After helping James compose pamphlets and set type which was grueling work, 12-year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets.

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    Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew that James would never let him. After all, Benjamin was just a lowly apprentice. So Ben began writing letters at night and signing them with the name of a fictional widow
  • James was thrown in jail for his views, and Benjamin was left to run the paper for several issues.
  • Running away was illegal. In early America, people all had to have a place in society and runaways did not fit in anywhere. Regardless Ben took a boat to New York where he hoped to find work as a printer.
  • . He did so well that the governor of Pennsylvania promised to set him up in business for himself if young Franklin would just go to London to buy fonts and printing equipment.
  • Franklin did go to London, but the governor reneged on his promise and Benjamin was forced to spend several months in England doing print work.
  • the very same girl who had seen young Benjamin arrive in Philadelphia, started talking marriage, with the young printer. But Ben did not think he was ready. While he was gone, she married another man.
  • Upon returning to Philadelphia, Franklin tried his hand at helping to run a shop, but soon went back to being a printer's helper.
  • Franklin was a better printer than the man he was working for, so he borrowed some money and set himself up in the printing business. Franklin seemed to work all the time
  • In 1728, Benjamin fathered a child named William. The mother of William is not known. However, in 1730 Benjamin married his childhood sweetheart, Deborah Read. Deborah's husband had run off, and now she was able to marry.

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• 05 Nov 12
  

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• 02 Nov 12
  

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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706.
  • tenth son
  • soap maker, Josiah Franklin.
  • Benjamin's mother
  • Abiah Folger
  • second wife of Josiah
  • Josiah would father 17 children
  • Benjamin to enter into the clergy
  • Josiah intended
  • Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year
  • clergymen needed years of schooling.
  • young Benjamin loved to read
  • apprenticed to
  • helping James
  • printer
  • his brother James
  • compose pamphlets and set type which was grueling work
  • 12-year-old Benjamin
  • sell their products in the streets
  • Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant
  • two papers in the city before James's
  • "newspaper" in Boston
  • abroad
  • James's paper carried articles
  • opinion
  • Courant,
  • they only reprinted
  • pieces written by James's friends, advertisements, and news of ship schedules.
  • knew that
  • Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too,
  • James would never let him. After all, Benjamin was just a lowly
  • apprentice.
  • Ben began writing letters at night and signing
  • them with the name of a fictional widow,
  • Silence Dogood
  • Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world
  • issue of how women
  • particularly concerning
  • around her
  • treated.
  • would sneak the letters under the print shop
  • door at night
  • so no one knew who was writing the pieces. They
  • a smash hit,
  • everyone wanted to know who was the
  • real "Silence Dogood."
  • After 16 letters
  • Ben confessed that he had been writing the letters all along.
  • While James's
  • Ben was quite precocious and funny,
  • friends
  • James scolded
  • brother and was very jealous of the attention paid to him
  • Before long
  • Franklins found themselves at odds with Boston's powerful Puritan
  • Smallpox was a deadly disease in those times
  • preachers, the Mathers.
  • and the
  • the Franklins' believed inoculation only made people
  • Mathers supported inoculation
  • sicker
  • And while most Bostonians agreed with the Franklins
  • they did not like the way
  • James made fun of the clergy
  • during the debate
  • Ultimately
  • James
  • thrown in jail
  • Benjamin
  • left to run the paper for several issues.
  • views
  • release from jail,
  • James was not grateful to Ben for keeping the paper going.
  • Instead he kept harassing his younger brother
  • administering beatings from time to
  • Ben could not take it and decided to run away in 1723
  • time.
  • Running away was illegal
  • society
  • America, people all had to have a place
  • runaways did not fit in anywhere.
  • Regardless Ben took a boat to New York where
  • He didn't
  • walked across New Jersey,
  • hoped to find work as a printer
  • via a boat ride.
  • arriving in Philadelphia
  • After debarking, he used the last of his money
  • He was wet, disheveled, and messy when his future wife, Deborah
  • to buy some rolls
  • Read, saw him on that day, October, 6, 1723.
  • thought him odd-looking, never dreaming that seven years later they would be married.
  • Franklin found work as an apprentice printer
  • He did so well that the governor of
  • Pennsylvania promised to set him up in business for himself if young Franklin would just go to London to buy fonts and printing equipment
  • London
  • Franklin did go
  • governor reneged on his promise and Benjamin was forced to spend several months in England doing print work.
  • Benjamin had been living with the Read family before he left for London. Deborah Read, the very same girl who had seen young Benjamin arrive in Philadelphia, started talking marriage, with the young printer. But Ben did not think he was ready. While he was gone, she married another man.
  • Upon returning to Philadelphia, Franklin tried his hand at helping to run a shop, but soon went back to being a printer's helper. Franklin was a better printer than the man he was working for, so he borrowed some money and set himself up in the printing business. Franklin seemed to work all the time, and the citizens of Philadelphia began to notice the diligent young businessman. Soon he began getting the contract to do government jobs and started thriving in business.
  • In 1728, Benjamin fathered a child named William. The mother of William is not known. However, in 1730 Benjamin married his childhood sweetheart, Deborah Read. Deborah's husband had run off, and now she was able to marry.

  • In addition to running a print shop, the Franklins also ran their own store at this time, with Deborah selling everything from soap to fabric. Ben also ran a book store. They were quite enterprising.

     
  • 1729, Benjamin Franklin bought a newspaper
  • Franklin not only printed the paper,
  • Pennsylvania Gazette.
  • but often contributed pieces to the paper under aliases
  • newspaper soon became the most successful in the colonies.
  • This newspaper, among other firsts, would print
  • authored by Ben himself.
  • first political cartoon
  • 1720s and 1730s, the side of Franklin devoted to public good started
  • young working-man's group dedicated to self- and-civic improvement
  • show itself
  • organized the Junto
  • joined the
  • He was a very busy man socially.
  • Masons
  • Franklin thrived on work.
  • 1733 he started publishing Poor Richard's Almanack.
  • Almanacs of the era were printed annually,
  • contained things like weather reports, recipes, predictions
  • Franklin published his almanac under the guise of a man
  • homilies
  • Richard Saunders,
  • poor man who needed money to take
  • distinguished Franklin's almanac
  • carping wife.
  • witty aphorisms and lively writing.
  • famous phrases associated
  • "A penny saved is a penny earned" come from Poor Richard.
  • Franklin,
  • civic contributions during the 1730s and 1740s.
  • launch projects to pave, clean and light Philadelphia's streets
  • started agitating for environmental clean up.
  • chief accomplishments of Franklin in this era was helping to launch the Library Company in 1731.
  • this time
  • books were scarce and expensive.
  • recognized that by pooling together resources, members could afford to buy books from England. Thus was born the nation's first subscription library.
  • 1743, he helped to launch the American Philosophical Society,
  • Recognizing that the city needed better help in treating the sick, Franklin brought together a group who formed the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751.
  • first learned society in America
  • Library Company, Philosophical Society, and Pennsylvania Hospital are all in existence today.
  • Fires were very dangerous threat to Philadelphians
  • Franklin set about trying to remedy the situation
  • organized Philadelphia's Union Fire Company,
  • printing business

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• 29 Oct 12
  

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  • Boston on January 17, 1706
  • oap maker, Josiah Franklin
  • tenth so
  • mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife
  • Josiah
  • 17 children
  • ntended
  • enter into the clergy
  • only afford to send his son to school
  • clergymen needed years of schooling
  • 12-year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets
  • first "newspaper" in Boston
  • s 15 his brother started The New England Courant
  • just a lowly apprentice
  • In 1728, Benjamin fathered a child named William. The mother of William is not known. However, in 1730 Benjamin married his childhood sweetheart, Deborah Read. Deborah's husband had run off, and now she was able to marry.
  • aper, the Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin not only printed the paper, but often contributed pieces to the paper under aliases. His newspaper soon became the most successful in the colonies. This newspaper, among other firsts, would print the first political cartoon, authored by Ben himself.
  • In 1729, Benjamin Franklin bought a newsp

  • Fire Prevention

     

    

     

    Franklin continued his civic contributions during the 1730s and 1740s. He helped launch projects to pave, clean and light Philadelphia's streets. He started agitating for environmental clean up. Among the chief accomplishments of Franklin in this era was helping to launch the Library Company in 1731. During this time books were scarce and expensive. Franklin recognized that by pooling together resources, members could afford to buy books from England. Thus was born the nation's first subscription library. In 1743, he helped to launch the American Philosophical Society, the first learned society in America. Recognizing that the city needed better help in treating the sick, Franklin brought together a group who formed the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751. The Library Company, Philosophical Society, and Pennsylvania Hospital are all in existence today.

     

    

     

    Fires were very dangerous threat to Philadelphians, so Franklin set about trying to remedy the situation. In 1736, he organized Philadelphia's Union Fire Company, the first in the city. His famous saying, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," was actually fire-fighting advice.
  • Those who suffered fire damage to their homes often suffered irreversible economic loss. So, in 1752, Franklin helped to found the Philadelphia Contribution for Insurance Against Loss by Fire. Those with insurance policies were not wiped out financially. The Contributionship is still in business today.

  • Franklin's printing business was thriving in this 1730s and 1740s. He also started setting up franchise printing partnerships in other cities. By 1749 he retired from business and started concentrating on science, experiments, and inventions. This was nothing new to Franklin. In 1743, he had already invented a heat-efficient stove — called the Franklin stove — to help warm houses efficiently. As the stove was invented to help improve society, he refused to take out a patent.

     

    

     

    Among Franklin's other inventions are swim fins, the glass armonica (a musical instrument) and bifocals.

     

    In the early 1750's he turned to the study of electricity. His observations, including his kite experiment which verified the nature of electricity and lightning brought Franklin international fame.
  • The French loved Franklin. He was the man who had tamed lightning, the humble American who dressed like a backwoodsman but was a match for any wit in the world. He spoke French, though stutteringly. He was a favorite of the ladies. Several years earlier his wife Deborah had died, and Benjamin was now a notorious flirt.
  • Franklin died on April 17, 1790 at the age of 84. 20,000 people attended the funeral of the man who was called, "the harmonious human multitude."

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• 07 Sep 12
  

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  • When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the  first "newspaper" in Boston. Though there were two papers in the city before  James's Courant, they only reprinted news from abroad. James's paper  carried articles, opinion pieces written by James's friends, advertisements, and  news of ship schedules.

     

    

     

    Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew that James would  never let him. After all, Benjamin was just a lowly apprentice. So Ben began  writing letters at night and signing them with the name of a fictional widow,  Silence Dogood. Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world  around her, particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated. Ben  would sneak the letters under the print shop door at night so no one knew who  was writing the pieces. They were a smash hit, and everyone wanted to know who  was the real "Silence Dogood."

     

    After 16 letters, Ben confessed that he had been writing the letters all  along. While James's friends thought Ben was quite precocious and funny, James  scolded his brother and was very jealous of the attention paid to him.

     

    Before long the Franklins found themselves at odds with Boston's powerful  Puritan preachers, the Mathers. Smallpox was a deadly disease in those times,  and the Mathers supported inoculation; the Franklins' believed inoculation only  made people sicker. And while most Bostonians agreed with the Franklins, they  did not like the way James made fun of the clergy, during the debate.  Ultimately, James was thrown in jail for his views, and Benjamin was left to run  the paper for several issues.

     

    Upon release from jail, James was not grateful to Ben for keeping the paper  going. Instead he kept harassing his younger brother and administering beatings  from time to time. Ben could not take it and decided to run away in 1723.

  • In 1729, Benjamin Franklin bought a newspaper, the Pennsylvania  Gazette. Franklin not only printed the paper, but often contributed pieces  to the paper under aliases. His newspaper soon became the most successful in the  colonies. This newspaper, among other firsts, would print the first political  cartoon, authored by Ben himself.

     

    During the 1720s and 1730s, the side of Franklin devoted to public good  started to show itself. He organized the Junto, a young working-man's group  dedicated to self- and-civic improvement. He joined the Masons. He was a very  busy man socially.
  • But Franklin thrived on work. In 1733 he started publishing Poor Richard's  Almanack. Almanacs of the era were printed annually, and contained things  like weather reports, recipes, predictions and homilies. Franklin published his  almanac under the guise of a man named Richard Saunders, a poor man who needed  money to take care of his carping wife. What distinguished Franklin's almanac  were his witty aphorisms and lively writing. Many of the famous phrases  associated with Franklin, such as, "A penny saved is a penny earned" come from  Poor Richard.

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  Christine Roberts
  • Abiah Folger
  • January 17, 1706
  • in Boston
  • Josiah Franklin
  • mother was
  • Abiah Folger
  • school for one year
  • apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer
  • Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first "newspaper" in Boston.
  • Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too
  • Ben began writing letters at night and signing them with the name of a fictional widow, Silence Dogood.
  • Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the world around her, particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated.
  • Instead he kept harassing his younger brother and administering beatings from time to time. Ben could not take it and decided to run away in 1723.
  • In addition to running a print shop, the Franklins also ran their own store at this time, with Deborah selling everything from soap to fabric. Ben also ran a book store. They were quite enterprising.
  • In 1729, Benjamin Franklin bought a newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin not only printed the paper, but often contributed pieces to the paper under aliases.
  • He organized the Junto, a young working-man's group dedicated to self- and-civic improvement. He joined the Masons
  • In 1733 he started publishing Poor Richard's Almanack.
  • Franklin published his almanac under the guise of a man named Richard Saunders
  • Many of the famous phrases associated with Franklin, such as, "A penny saved is a penny earned" come from Poor Richard.
  • He helped launch projects to pave, clean and light Philadelphia's streets. He started agitating for environmental clean up.
  • launch the Library Company in 1731
  • first subscription library
  • launch the American Philosophical Society
  • formed the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751
  • The Library Company, Philosophical Society, and Pennsylvania Hospital are all in existence today.
  • he organized Philadelphia's Union Fire Company, the first in the city.
  • helped to found the Philadelphia Contribution for Insurance Against Loss by Fire.
  • The Contributionship is still in business today
  • invented a heat-efficient stove — called the Franklin stove — to help warm houses efficiently
  • other inventions are swim fins, the glass armonica (a musical instrument) and bifocals
  • His observations, including his kite experiment which verified the nature of electricity and lightning brought Franklin international fame.
  • he went to England to represent Pennsylvania in its fight with the descendants of the Penn family over who should represent the Colony. He remained in England to 1775, as a Colonial representative not only of Pennsylvania, but of Georgia, New Jersey and Massachusetts as well.
  • Early in his time abroad, Franklin considered himself a loyal Englishman
  • In 1765, Franklin was caught by surprise by America's overwhelming opposition to the Stamp Act. His testimony before Parliament helped persuade the members to repeal the law.
  • was growing sick of the corruption he saw all around him in politics and royal circles.
  • Franklin's big break with England occurred in the "Hutchinson Affair." Thomas Hutchinson was an English-appointed governor of Massachusetts. Although he pretended to take the side of the people of Massachusetts in their complaints against England, he was actually still working for the King. Franklin got a hold of some letters in which Hutchinson called for "an abridgment of what are called English Liberties" in America. He sent the letters to America where much of the population was outraged. After leaking the letters Franklin was called to Whitehall, the English Foreign Ministry, where he was condemned in public.
  • He started working actively for Independence. He naturally thought his son William, now the Royal governor of New Jersey, would agree with his views. William did not. William remained a Loyal Englishman. This caused a rift between father and son which was never healed.
  • In part via Franklin's popularity, the government of France signed a Treaty of Alliance with the Americans in 1778. Franklin also helped secure loans and persuade the French they were doing the right thing. Franklin was on hand to sign the Treaty of Paris in 1783, after the Americans had won the Revolution.
  • He became President of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and signed the Constitution. One of his last public acts was writing an anti-slavery treatise in 1789.
  • Franklin died on April 17, 1790 at the age of 84. 20,000 people attended the funeral of the man who was called, "the harmonious human multitude."

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  • Benjamin was forced to spend several months in England doing print work.
  • "A penny saved is a penny earned" come from Poor Richard.
  • The Library Company, Philosophical Society, and Pennsylvania Hospital are all in existence today.
  • "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,"
  • found the Philadelphia Contribution for Insurance Against Loss by Fire.
  • invented a heat-efficient stove — called the Franklin stove — to help warm houses efficiently.
  • his kite experiment which verified the nature of electricity and lightning brought Franklin international fame.
  • In 1757, he went to England to represent Pennsylvania in its fight with the descendants of the Penn family over who should represent the Colony.
  • Franklin's big break with England occurred in the "Hutchinson Affair."
  • Thomas Hutchinson was an English-appointed governor of Massachusetts.
  • In 1776 Franklin signed the Declaration, and afterward sailed to France as an ambassador to the Court of Louis XVI.
  • Franklin returned to America. He became President of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania.

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  • When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first "newspaper" in Boston. Though there were two papers in the city before James's Courant, they only reprinted news from abroad. James's paper carried articles, opinion pieces written by James's friends, advertisements, and news of ship schedules.
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  • Franklin found work as an apprentice printer. He did so well that the governor of Pennsylvania promised to set him up in business for himself if young Franklin would just go to London to buy fonts and printing equipment.
  • Franklin continued his civic contributions during the 1730s and 1740s. He helped launch projects to pave, clean and light Philadelphia's streets.
  • Among the chief accomplishments of Franklin in this era was helping to launch the Library Company in 1731.
  • In 1743, he helped to launch the American Philosophical Society, the first learned society in America.
  • Thus was born the nation's first subscription library.
  • Franklin brought together a group who formed the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751.
  • "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," was actually fire-fighting advice.
  • he had already invented a heat-efficient stove — called the Franklin stove — to help warm houses efficiently. As the stove was invented to help improve society, he refused to take out a pat
  • Among Franklin's other inventions are swim fins, the glass armonica (a musical instrument) and bifocals.

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  • rift between father and son which was never healed.
  • Franklin was elected to the Second Continental Congress and worked on a committee of five that helped to draft the Declaration of Independence. Though much of the writing is Thomas Jefferson's, much of the contribution is Franklin's
  • "the harmonious human multitude."

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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706.
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  • He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin.
  • In all, Josiah would father 17 children.
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  • born in Boston on January 17, 1706
  • Josiah Franklin
  • Abiah Folger
  • 17 children.
  • one year and clergymen
  • printer

  • Apprentice Printer
  • When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the  first "newspaper"
  • and Benjamin was left to run the paper for several issues.
  • run away in 1723.
  • Deborah Read
  • Deborah Read

  • In 1728, Benjamin fathered a child named William. The mother of William is  not known. However, in 1730 Benjamin married his childhood sweetheart, Deborah  Read. Deborah's husband had run off, and now she was able to marry.
  • the Franklins also ran their own store at this time, with Deborah selling  everything from soap to fabric. Ben also ran a book store. They were quite  enterprising.
  • Pennsylvania Gazette.
  • He started agitating for environmental clean up. Among
  • helping to launch the Library Company in 1731
  • was born the nation's first subscription library
  • Franklin brought together a group who formed the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751.
  • 1736, he organized Philadelphia's Union Fire Company
  • Franklin helped to found the Philadelphia Contribution for Insurance Against  Loss by Fire.
  • started concentrating on science, experiments, and inventions
  • invented a heat-efficient stove

  • Among Franklin's other inventions are swim fins, the glass armonica (a  musical instrument) and bifocals.

  • In the early 1750's he turned to the study of electricity. His observations,  including his kite experiment which verified the nature of electricity and  lightning brought Franklin international fame.
  • Politics

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  "Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children.
  
  Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer. After helping James compose pamphlets and set type which was grueling work, 12-year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets."

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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706.
  • He was the tenth son
  • Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy
  • Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling.
  • Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer

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  • After helping James compose pamphlets and set type which was grueling work, 12-year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets.
  • When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first "newspaper" in Boston.
  • they only reprinted news from abroad.
  • carried articles, opinion pieces written by James's friends, advertisements, and news of ship schedules.

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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706.
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  • Ben began writing letters at night and signing them with the name of a fictional widow, Silence Dogood.

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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children.

     

    Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer. After helping James compose pamphlets and set type which was grueling work, 12-year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets.
  • Among Franklin's other inventions are swim fins, the glass armonica (a musical instrument) and bifocals.
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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children.

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