Benjamin Franklin: Founding Father Of The US

Out of all of the founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin in my opinion is the one who had the greatest impact on our nation and still has a great influence on our nation today. Mostly people are familiar with Benjamin Franklin from his head being on the front of the 100 dollar bill, but there’s more to him than just his face being on the 100 dollar bill. He made a huge impact on us and not everyone realizes it, but that’s how he made it on the 100 dollar bill. Not only was Benjamin Franklin apart of founding our nation, he was also scientist, diplomat, businessman, and philosopher. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17th, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts to soap maker Josiah Franklin and his second wife Abigail Folger. Benjamin Franklin was apart of a big family and he was the 10th child out of 16 siblings. His siblings names were Jane Mocum, James Franklin, Anne Harris, Joseph Franklin I,  Samuel Franklin, Sarah Davenport, Mary Holmes, Hannah Cole, Josiah Franklin Jr, Ebenzer Franklin, Peter Franklin, Thomas Franklin, John Franklin, Lydia Scott, Elizabeth Douse, and Joseph Franklin II.  When Benjamin Franklin was younger his father wanted him to become a preacher, so he sent him away to a grammar school when he was only eight years old. Less than a year later, the family went through some financial struggles so he had to be transferred to Mr. George Brownell’s school for writing and math. He only stayed at that school until he was about 10 years old. He was doing well in

Ben Franklin was a very curious and inventive thinker. He kept thinking about different ways to experiment with electricity so he came up with an experiment with only a few materials (wire,mobile kite, handkerchief,and two sticks).(”Benjamin Franklin and Electricity”) Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the most successful founding fathers of our nation and helped establish American independence from Great Britain. He was a key member in the development of the political backbone that has shaped this country into what it is today. Benjamin Franklin was one of the most humble and inspirational figures of that time. He was a major factor in the outcome of the war of Independence and in his selfless actions of leaving his family, won the help from the French to assist America in the fight against England. Although Benjamin Franklin never made it to be president he was a leader among his peers. He invented many things that we still use today such as the library, bifocals, and the postal service. He helped

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was one of seventeen children of Josiah Franklin, and his wife, Abiah Folger. Franklin’s mother did not conceive all seventeen children. In 1677, Josiah Franklin married Anne Child. They had three kids in England: Elizabeth, Samuel and Hannah. Then the family moved to Boston, having four more children. Their names were Josiah Jr., Ann, Joseph (I) and Joseph (II). After Anne Child died in 1689, Josiah soon moved on and married Abiah Folger. The two then had ten children: John, Peter, Mary, James, Sarah, Ebenezer, Thomas, Benjamin, Lydia, and Jane.

Soon after his retirement Franklin became extremely interested in experimenting with electricity. Franklin was one of the first people to suggest that lightning was merely naturally occurring electricity, and that it could be drawn from the clouds. In 1752, Ben Franklin performed his kite experiment. Here Franklin had his proof of lightning’s electrical nature. Franklin wrote specifics on how the experiment was to be done, it said.

As one of our Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin helped set the path for our country, but he did much more than that in his life. He was a well known writer, scientist, leader, and statesman, but he was also a well known womanizer. Most of all he was known for his passion for liberty and the natural rights of people. Though he was the oldest, by a whole generation, of the Founding Fathers he was one of the most well-rounded and influential.

His most famous invention was yet to come: the lightning rod. He found that when a small iron ball was electrified, it carried a magnetic charge. When he touched it with the tip of a pointed piece of metal, it lost the charge, but when he touched it with a blunt piece of metal, it was not nearly as effective at taking the charge away. If the metal was insulated from the ground, it would not take the charge from the ball at all. Before experimenting himself, he wrote multiple letters to the Royal Society in London describing his ideas and their implementation. The general idea of them was to have a very tall iron rod that would go above the building, that would attract the lightning, away from the buildings, into a wire that leads to the ground. This idea got the french king so excited that he ordered his scientists to proceed with the experiments. The first experiment worked wonderfully, then was repeated dozens of times all across France. Seeing the success, Benjamin Franklin decided to test it out for himself. He decided to use a kite, with a metal wire protruding from the top, and a key at the bottom of the wet string in order to be able to “draw sparks.” Eventually he got a charge to come from the key, and put it into a Leyden jar to experiment with. He found that “the sameness of electrical matter with that of lightning was completely demonstrated.” From all of this, came a fascination with electricity,

In 1747 Franklin began his electrical experiments with a simple object that he had received from Peter Collinson in England. He advanced a tenable theory of the Leyden jar, supported the hypothesis that lightning is an electrical phenomenon, and proposed an effective method of demonstrating this fact. His plan was published in London and

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706. Benjamin Franklin was the son of Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. Ben was the youngest son his of family of 17 children. Although it is not explicitly stated, Josiah Franklin had married another woman before Abiah who bore 7 children . Benjamin Franklin’s family was a devout christian family that seeked to further Ben’s studies, but in the christian faith. Ben was sent to study under the hand of the Cotton Mather, a puritan that seeked nothing, but “To not leave a place without leaving doing something good”. Benjamin Franklin was removed from the school due to its price. He worked with his father for a short while in candle and soap making but pleaded for another job. He was later put as an apprentice printer and writer under his older brother James Franklin until the age

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston Massachusetts. He was 1 of 17 children, and Ben was the last son his father, Josiah Franklin, ever had. Ben’s father was married to 2 women, Anne Child, his first wife, to whom he had 7 children with, and Abiah Folger, with whom he had 10 children with. When Ben was only 10 years old, his father took him out of school to go work with him at his candle making shop. Ben did not like this too much because he wanted to venture out and do other things, and making candles with his father was not one of them. Ben’s father sent Ben to his brother James printing shop, and Ben was thrilled to go work at a printing shop. Although his brother did not treat him very well, Ben was still excited to work at the shop. Working at his brother’s print shop brought many opportunities to Ben’s career. Ben had published many books while he was there, and his brother was satisfied. Ben had ventured out to New York, but then settled in Philadelphia, which is where Ben had stayed the rest of his life. When Ben was in Philadelphia, he had improved his education in the printing trade. In 1730, Ben had married Deborah Reed, after her husband had gone missing. Her husband had stolen a slave and then disappeared. Ben and Deborah had their first son, Francis, in 1732. He died of smallpox in 1736. In the 1740s, Ben had invented the Franklin Stove. His daughter, Sarah, was born in 1743. While a soldier in the Pennsylvania militia, Ben

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a detailed account of the illustrious experiences of Benjamin Franklin. Though the cultural differences in writing has changed since the 18th century one can learn a lot about one of America’s greatest forefathers through this book. It accounts for Franklin’s life when he was born January 17th, 1706 till the year 1757. Unfortunately, he died in 1790 and was never able to finish his autobiography. However, the book thoroughly details the early life of Benjamin Franklin.

Franklin was in Boston in 1706; in his life he became one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was also a renowned polymath, a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. One of the biggest things he is known for is helping draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.

Ben Franklin exemplified the emerging American nation. He pioneered and was the first president of the Academy and College of Philadelphia. He also became

In our American history many figures have left their mark, and are remembered still today. Benjamin Franklin was as famous as any president, but yet never elected to public office. He was one of the nation’s revolutionary founding fathers of all time. Benjamin Franklin was a respected hero of America of many talents and accomplishments. First of all, Benjamin Franklin was born at Boston in 1706. He was the tenth sibling in the family. He was the son of a soap and candle maker. Josiah would father seventeen children in total after having two wives. Franklin had received some education while young, but would continue learn self-taught (Quick Biography of Benjamin Franklin.) The boy then would serve working with his father. Franklin went later to work for his brother James as a printer (Benjamin Franklin His Autobiography 1706-1757.) After helping his brother making pamphlets and other activities. He then would start to sell the products in the streets. When Franklin was fifteen the New England Courant was founded. The first newspaper more or less in Boston. While other news came reprinted from abroad. The New England Courant held articles of opinions, advertisements, and ship schedules. Benjamin also wanted to write for the paper; yet he know his brother would not let him (Quick Biography of Benjamin Franklin.) He cleverly began writing letters and signing them with an alias name. Franklin would submit and leave the letters at night at the print shop. In

In 1752 Franklin devised another experiment to test if lighting has an electrical charge. He flied a kite carrying a pointed wire in a thunderstorm and attempted to test his theory that atmospheric lightning is an electrical phenomenon similar to the spark produced by an electrical frictional machine (Bruno 406). To