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Benjamin Franklin Father Figure

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Benjamin Franklin is a founding father figure. He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. Benjamin has the nickname of Ben, and does not have a middle name. He has had many occupations and they were a statesman, author, librarian, musician, satirist, political activist, editor, diplomat, and lastly an inventor. His father is Josiah Franklin, and Ben had dropped out of formal school at age 10 to work full time in his father’s candle and soap shop. Benjamin was the 15th child and was also the youngest son in his family. His father had seven children with his first wife, (Anne Child) and had ten more with his second wife, (Abiah Folger). Benjamin had 3 kids but one had passed away. He had a girl named Sarah Franklin Bache, and 2 …show more content…

In the year 1725 he had published his first pamphlet. Ben was named the official printer of Pennsylvania in 1730. He became a Philadelphia’s city council in 1748. On October 6, 1723 he was wet, disheveled, and messy when his future wife (Deborah Read) seen him. She had never imagined that they would get married but they ended up getting married 7 years later. Benjamin had been living with the Read family until he had left for Boston. Deborah had been talking about getting married but Ben did not think he was ready for that kind of commitment. So while he was away she went and married another man. 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

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