Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin A Jack of All Trades
By Adam R.
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Early Years

• Born January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts
• Was the youngest and the tenth boy of seventeen
  children
• Only went to grammar school for two years
• Was a candle maker for his dad at age ten
• Learned the printing trade from his half brother
  James

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Accomplishments

• Signed the Declaration of Independence
• Signed the Treaty of Alliance with France
• Signed the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain
• Made the first library in America
• Made the Poor Richards Almanac
• Invented the Franklin Stove
• Proved that lightning is a form of electricity

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Later Years

• Had two children, a son and a daughter
• Negotiated treaties with Prussia and other
  European countries
• Elected president of the Pennsylvania Society
• Serves as delegate to the Constitutional
  Convention
• At age 84 he died in Philadelphia on April 17,
  1790

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Other Interesting Facts

• Benjamin Franklin High School is the number one
  high school in Louisiana
• There is a Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in
  the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Science Museum
  in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be
  a turkey because it is very wise

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Resources

• www.incwell.com
• www.bensguide.gpo.gov
• www.earlyamerica.com