Benjamin Franklin

1.     Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts

2.     After working in his brother’s printing shop as a boy, Franklin became a printer.

3.     Franklin published his own newspaper called the Poor Richards Almanac.

4.     Franklin started the first hospital in Philadelphia.

5.     Franklin started a school in Philadelphia.

6.     Franklin started the first public library in Philadelphia.

7.     Franklin became famous for discovering electricity by using a kite and a key.

8.     In 1765 Franklin spoke to British parliament about the Stamp Act in the colonies.

9.     Franklin worked with Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.

10.  Franklin asked France to send help to America to help the American’s to win the Revolutionary War.

11.  Franklin helped write new laws for America called the Constitution.

12.  Benjamin Franklin had many jobs in his life; he was an author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, and inventor.

13.  Benjamin Franklin invented Bifocals.

14.  Near the end of his life, Franklin became an abolitionist, someone who was against slavery.

4.     Franklin started the first hospital in Philadelphia.

5.     Franklin started a school in Philadelphia.

6.     Franklin started the first public library in Philadelphia

This is about his life.

1.     Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts

2.     After working in his brother’s printing shop as a boy, Franklin became a printer

9.     Franklin worked with Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Indepen

12.  Benjamin Franklin had many jobs in his life; he was an author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, and inventor.