BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

(1706-1790)
Name: Linh Nguyen
Class: 5A
Date: 5/20/2015

OUTLINE

I. BIOGRAPHY
II. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE AMERICA
REVOLUTION
III. CONCLUSION

I. BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY: BENJAMIN FRANKLINS EARLY YEARS

- Born January 17, 1706, in Boston
- Die April 17, 1790, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
- Left school at 10
- When he was 12, he began working
in a printing shop for his elder
brother.
- Mrs. Dogood
- Aged 17, escaped from his

BIOGRAPHY: A PRINTER AND PUBLISHER

- Aged 23, Philadelphia
Gazette.
- Aged 27 (1732), the first
editions of the publication:
Poor Richards Almanac

Benjamin Franklin (center) at work on a printing press

printing press

BIOGRAPHY: SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR

- Franklin's
inventions: swim
fins, the glass
armonica (a musical
instrument) and
bifocals.
- Early 1750's: study
of electricity.

II. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE

AMERICA REVOLUTION

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE AMERICA REVOLUTION

In 1754, at a meeting of colonial

representatives in Albany, New
York, proposed a plan for uniting
the colonies under a national
congress.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE AMERICA REVOLUTION

In 1766, testified in the British Parliament

against the Stamp Act of 1765.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE AMERICA REVOLUTION

- In May 1775, returned to Philadelphia

- In 1776, helped draft the
Declaration of Independence
- That same year, was sent to France
-

In February 1778, the French signed a

military alliance with America

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND THE AMERICA REVOLUTION

In 1778, helped negotiate and

draft the 1783 Treaty of Paris
that ended the Revolutionary
War

III. CONCLUSION

1. ONE OF THE LEADING FIGURES

OF EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

- The Declaration of Independence (1776)

- The Treaty of Alliance with France (1778)
- The Treaty of Paris establishing peace with Great Britain (1783)
- The U.S. Constitution (1787)

2. WAS A STATESMAN, AUTHOR, PUBLISHER,

SCIENTIST, INVENTOR AND DIPLOMAT

3. FAILURE

He also began a magazine that failed, devised a new scheme for the alphabet that
proposed to eliminate the letters C, J, Q, W, X and Y as redundant, and made disastrous
political decisions that involved the leaking of letters, called the Hutchinson Affair.

REFERENCES

http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-930
1234#early-life
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/benj
amin-franklin
http://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entry.php?
rec=469

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