Benjamin Franklin Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706 to Josiah and Abiah Franklin, Benjamin Franklin would grow up to be one of the most well known Americans in history. Benjamin was extremely intelligent as a child, he even taught himself to read. His father, a soap maker who had come to the Americas from Ecton, England in 1683, had planned for his tenth and youngest son to study at Harvard and work in the clergy. Ben was sent to different schools, but only for a couple of years because of difficulties with money. Josiah still wanted his seventeen children to have good minds, and he often invited friends over to dinner, whose strong opinions and thoughts influenced the young patriot. Upon returning from London, twenty-one-year-old James, the older brother of Benjamin started his own printing business. At twelve-years-old, Ben became the apprentice of the New England Courant, promising his service for nine years. Over the years as his writing skills improved, Ben wrote many pieces under various pen names, Mrs. Silence Dogood being the most famous. However,
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In the eighteenth century people did not know of a practical use for it, only for jokes and tricks. In 1752 Ben and his son William, whose mother is unknown, experimented with a kite, a wire, and a key during a storm. He touched the key with his finger, sending sparks. After studying this, he shared his discoveries with Peter Collison. Ben was soon known all over the Americas and Europe. He also found a way to protect wooden structures such as houses from lightning, using an iron rod to draw it into the ground so it could not destroy buildings. This is merely one out of the many inventions of Benjamin Franklin. Others include the bifocals, the glass armonica, the Franklin stove, and the Franklin chair. A quote that shows his endurance is, “I didn’t fail the test, I just found one hundred ways to do it
In the eighteenth century people did not know of a practical use for it, only for jokes and tricks. In 1752 Ben and his son William, whose mother is unknown, experimented with a kite, a wire, and a key during a storm. He touched the key with his finger, sending sparks. After studying this, he shared his discoveries with Peter Collison. Ben was soon known all over the Americas and Europe. He also found a way to protect wooden structures such as houses from lightning, using an iron rod to draw it into the ground so it could not destroy buildings. This is merely one out of the many inventions of Benjamin Franklin. Others include the bifocals, the glass armonica, the Franklin stove, and the Franklin chair. A quote that shows his endurance is, “I didn’t fail the test, I just found one hundred ways to do it