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Early Life

  • Benjamin grew up as the youngest son. He was actually the fifteenth of seventeen children

Early Life

  • Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk Street in present day Boston
  • In 1752 was his first famous key-and-kite experiment. After this experiment all of his theories on electricity (later proven to be true) were published.

  • Franklin grew successful in the 1730s, especially from the printing of Poor Richard’s Almanack.
  • In the 1740s Benjamin’s beloved daughter Sarah was born. Around this time he joined the Pennsylvania militia.
  • Also around this time began his new interest in electricity.

Benjamin Franklin

  • In 1723, Ben and James got into some arguments and he quit his apprenticeship.
  • This caused Ben to leave Boston and head for Philadelphia where he furthered his education in the printing trade.
  • When Ben was only eight years of age his father sent him to a school later known as the Boston Latin.
  • Here, Benjamin was to prepare for a life as a minister.
  • Several months later, Benjamin's father, Josiah, decided he could no longer afford this school and pulled him out.
  • Soon he returned to school and finished in 1716 a ten years old.
  • Benjamin never went to school again after this.
  • Although Ben would’ve loved to finish school, his parents could no longer afford it.

Apprenticeship

  • At eleven years old Ben ended up as an apprentice for his older brother James who was a printer.
  • He loved going to work with his brother, for he got to do his favorite hobbies all day; read and write poems.
  • Ben began working on his own work at the young age of twelve years old.

On April 17th, 1790 Benjamin Franklin died from pleurisy--inflammation of

the pleurae, which impairs their lubricating function and causes pain when breathing.

It is caused by pneumonia and other diseases of the chest or abdomen.--

He died proudly as an American.

RIP

In 1776 he was one of five men to draft the Declaration of Independence.

He was also one of the thirteen men to draft the Articles of Confederation.

In the 1760s Ben mapped out some of the routes for the US postal service

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