Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston January 17, 1706 to Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. Benjamin was the 10th of the seventeenth chilchren from Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's parents couldnt afford to send him to school so he only went one year. His father knew that Benjamin liked to read so he send him at the age of 12 to his older brother, James, who was a printer in there Benjamin composed pamphlets between other things. When he was 15, James started a newspaper but James didnt let Benjamin express in the Newspaper his point of view so Benjamin wrote to him by the name of a widow "Silence Dogood". This articles ecame very famous, after time Benjamin told his brother that didnt took it well. Later James wassent to jail because of his views, so Benjamin took care of the newspaper but his brother instead of thanking him he beat him up and this caused Benjamin to run away when he was 17.After escaping he tried to find a job on a printer, but instead he got on a boat to Philadelphia and in there he got a job as an apprentice printer and met his fututer wife Deborah Read. Benjamin started his own printer business with borrowed money and he got very good contracts and did jobs for the government. On 1728 Benjamin adopted a child called William and started a newspaper called "Pensylvania Gazette". Benjamin married Deborah on 1730. he helped building the Pensylvania Hospital.
Benjamin Franlin had a deep interest in science. So in 1750 he started experimenting and creating things. He invented the Franklin Stole, the harmonica, the spectacles, oval shaped swimming fins, ad dicovered electricity. He was intersted too on politics and served as a representative of Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts. He was selected on the second continental congress and was also selected on the commitee that was drafting the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin was sent to France as an embassador and played a great role on the Treaty of Paris. Before his death he wrote an Anti-Slavery Tratise. He died April 17,1790 and he was 84.
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