Benjamin Franklin:A Founding

Father of the United States

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 Benjamin Franklin was a very important person

Introduction to in the making of The United States of America. He was

Benjamin Franklin a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician,

freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist,

civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. He created a

few institutes in Boston and he wrote many influential

books. His life is extremely interesting and fascinating

to learn about and study about

 Benjamin Franklin was born in January 17, 1706.
Benjamin's parents were Josiah Franklin and Abiah
Folger. When he was a child he lived in a small house in
Boston, Massachusetts. He was the youngest of all of
his 11 brothers and sisters. His family was poor and

Early life of they didn’t have much. Benjamin only started to get a
education when he went South Grammar school.His

Benjamin Franklin father wanted him to go there to Unfortunately his

family couldn’t afford the school so Benjamin went out
after a few months. Lucky Benjamin was back in school
soon after he left the other one. Benjamin loved books
and he would spend all of his money on books. When he
would finish a book he would try to sell it and get new
ones. He would read about many different subjects. He
liked to read about politics and literature.Even though
he went to school he only good 2 years of proper
education. His love for writing only started when when
he was a teenager and this was a few years after he
was a given a apprenticeship with his brother.”I was to
serve as an apprentice till I was 21 years old”(58pg)
 The life of
As Benjamin Franklin started to get older he
always wanted to publish different text and ideas. His

Benjamin Franklin
older brother had a printing shop but, he would let
Benjamin print anything. Also since he couldn’t print
anything in boston because he could make his own
shop. He had to look elsewhere. So he went to
philadelphia. After a while when he was there he
opened his own shop and started printing. His writing
started to become more and more popular when he
started to write books about how to help people with
parts of their lives. Benjamin didn’t just stay in one
place he traveled to london, boston, and
philadelphia.Benjamin franklin was also a one of the 5
people drafted for the US Declaration of Independence
and he also signed the treaty of Paris. The treaty of
paris caused the end of the Revolutionary War
 The central idea or theme that Benjamin
franklin was trying to get across was to help people
with aspects of their life by using his life has an
Central idea of the example.So the theme that benjamin wanted to
show was that you need to keep working and if you
Biography fail correct it and do this until you reach personal
perfection. This can be seen throughout Benjamin
Franklin's life.It is mostly seen in the beginning
because that's when he had the most problems
Here is an example of one problem.”When he found
I would leave him, He took care to prevent my
getting Employment in any other printing house of
the town”(70pg).You might have thought that
benjamin franklin would give up but no he went to
another city
 The biography of benjamin franklin was a very

Conclusion interesting to read and learn about. I would recommend

to anyone to would like to learn and read about how one

of many parts that led to the America that we know

today and he was one of the parts.The book has many

different lessons that can be learned and they are mostly

about how to lead success and to work for what you

believe in.
You might have seen Benjamin
Franklin somewhere in your life
Oops Wrong One
There He Is