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Matt and Terry
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  • Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on Jan.
    17,1706.
  • Ben mother, Abiah, was Josiahs second wife.
    Benjamin was the youngest son and the 15th of 17
    children.
  • When he was 10 Ben began to help in his fathers
    shop, cutting candlewicks and filling molds.

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  • Franklin insurance company, as well as plans for
    streetlights, paving , and policing
  • One of the most famous of his many inventions
    was the Franklin stove.
  • Franklin patented none of hid inventions.
  • Included pioneer studies of heat conduction and
    the origin of storms. His most important work,
    however, was done with electricity.
  • These are more of his inventions, rocking chair,
    harmonica, eye glasses, and lightning rod.

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  • Benjamin Franklins literary period is colonial.
  • It is set in the years 1700-1800
  • At this time the United States was still ruled by
    England until the Declaration of Independence was
    written.

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  • Benjamin Franklin wrote an autobiography,he also
    wrote a book on electricity.
  • When Franklin was 22 he published a weekly
    newspaper called The Pennsylvania Gazette.

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  • Born on January 17th, 1706
  • In 1728 he published the Pennsylvania Gazette
  • In 1731 he did many deeds for Pennsylvania and
    for the schools, which later became the
    University of Pennsylvania.
  • Franklin made many inventions like the Franklin
    Stove, Lightning rod, rocking chair, harmonica,
    and eye glasses.
  • He helped draft the Declaration of Independence
  • Franklin died in 1790

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  • Colonial

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  • U.S. Declaration of Independence
  • England
  • France Albany Plan rejected
  • London

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  • SHS WEBSITE.
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