Benjamin Franklin Book Report

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Though Ben only had one year of schooling he was educated and loved to read and write. He worked as an apprentice to his brother, James, who was a printer, when he was fifteen years old. At the age of seventeen, Ben ran away and started a new life in Philadelphia as a result of arguments with James. Franklin found work as an apprentice printer and did so well the provincial governor of

Connecticut at a young age, yet, he did not have a formal education. His parents were William and

* March 1841 he gave the longest inaugural speech ever, in the cold, thus believed to be the reason he caught pneumonia and died soon after.

Benjamin Franklin was born in a Boston, house January 17, 1706, the tenth son of Abiah Folger, daughter of an indentured servant. His father Josiah Franklin was a candlemaker. He went to Boston’s Latin school when he was 8 where everyone thought he was Harvard bound. When he was 12, he was unsure of his religious beliefs and did not divorce himself to school therefore dropping out.

Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, New England. He was the youngest son and was fifteenth out of seventeen children of his father, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin Franklin's father immigrated to Boston from England and established himself as a candle and soap maker. Benjamin Franklin received less than three years of formal education. At eight years of age, Benjamin was put into grammar school to begin his education; however, he was there less than a year when he was sent to a school for writing and arithmetic. At the age of ten, he was taken home to help his father with the soap and candle business. Franklin did not have a particular interest in his father's profession, rather he was more interested in reading and in his autobiography revealed "From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books. (Masur, Autobiography, p. 36)" When Franklin was twelve years old, his father sent him to be an apprentice to his brother James, the printer. Franklin was to serve as an apprentice until he reached the age of twenty-one. While apprenticing under his brother, Franklin had access to more books and set time aside from work to read and practice writing. At a young age, Franklin became acquainted with the concept of frugality through his newly learned Vegetable Diet. After

Ben died april 17,1790 and Ben lived a long life he was 84 when he died. 20,000 people visited his funeral today that's a lot but back in the day that was huge! Ben’s last invention was the kite it was an object that today is easy to make and play with but ben was the first ever to create it. Ben was always able to make an amazing invention for example the stove. Ben was a very rich man but he didn’t take advantage of it and he put it to good use.

Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston on January 6, 1706. Throughout his existence Franklin exemplified a life of self-improvement. His eagerness to improve himself trickled over into his eagerness to help others improve themselves. Franklin was the youngest son of his father’s 17 children. Coming from such an enormous family, his education ended at the age of ten years old. At the age of twelve Franklin began to work alongside of his brother James. When the two of them did not get along, Franklin soon left and headed to New York for a short time and eventually moved to Philadelphia. This move to Philadelphia leads Mr. Franklin to a series of diverse jobs. After several attempts at mismatched jobs, Benjamin

Benjamin Franklin, born January 17, 1706, was the 10th son of 17 children. He was born and grew up in Boston. Even though he was considered by most to be extremely intelligent, he only attended grammar school for 2 years. When he was just 10 years-old, Ben began to work for his father as a candle maker (Sahlman).

Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts, the fifteenth child and youngest son in a family of seventeen children. Because his family was not wealthy, young Franklin was only afforded two years of formal schooling. At age ten he was apprenticed to his father's business, a tallow shop, where he was to learn the craft

Our Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, was born on Milk Street, in Boston, Massachusetts, On January 17, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was an impoverished candle maker (chandler) and struggled to bring up his 17 children. Ben was child 15 out of 17 and his working/middle class family didn’t have the money to pay for all of their kids to go to school. He attended Boston Latin School for only 2 years, but became

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, MA. And died on April 17, 1790. During his 84 years of life he accomplished many things. Such as various inventions and the fall of the British monarchy. Though he was a hero in many different ways, he was also a very sinful person.

In 1728 Ben had fathered a child named William, but Williams mother is unknown to this day. Deborah and Ben eventually got married after Deborah’s husband had ran off. So Ben had gotten to marry his teenage sweetheart. Benjamin was forced to spend several months in England doing print work. Franklin was deeply active in public affairs in his adopted town. During the American Revolution, he served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776. One of his famous quotes are, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I

Benjamin Franklin was born in January 17, 1706 in Boston. His father was Josiah Franklin, a soap maker. His mother was Abiah Folger, Josiah's second wife. Looking at his early ages of growing up, his brother, James Franklin, would go on to create The New England Courant ,basically the first newspaper ever in Boston. Ben became an apprentice to his brother, but wasn't allowed to write for the paper. Going behind his brothers back, he used a name of a fictional widow, Silence Dogood.James Franklin eventually figured out that the writer's name was fake, but the quality of the work was exceptional. After writing sixteen letters, he would find himself confessing, but also alienating his brother by drawing the attention of the Couranteers, "as the

One of the leading figures of the American history, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat. Benjamin was born in Boston and he was mid class growing up, so he had money to live off of, but not to go crazy and get whatever he wanted. Benjamin franklin started his printing company in Philadelphia and he actually made a lot of money from it. Benjamin helped with his community a lot, he helped put up a library, a hospital, a college

Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706 in Boston. Franklin was the youngest son of seventeen children. Being the baby of the family didn’t come with the benefits it does now. In this time period, the youngest son did not inherited little if anything. Unfortunate for Franklin he never inherited anything throughout his lifetime. At the age of eight