Biography Of Benjamin Franklin

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This Project will be written over a historical person known as Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706. According to the website bio.com they state that, He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He died April 17, 1790. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Benjamin Franklin was a diplomat, scientist, inventor, and a writer. He was also known best for being one of the founding fathers who helped draft the Declaration of Independence of the United States. Benjamin’s father was Josiah Franklin, he had five children with his first wife and ten more with his second wife, Benjamin was his fifteen child and his youngest. His father was an English born soap and a candle maker. Benjamin was also famous being the inventor
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My Primary Source was The Library of congress, the website provided me with brief information about some of the significant things Benjamin Franklin did and provided me the proof of the context they had given me by providing me with a link throw their website that gave me original images of letters and documents that where originally written by Benjamin Franklin and in his own words and own hand writing. My secondary source used a website called History Vault and the Bio website. I chose these as my sources because they provide me with various interesting facts about Benjamin Franklin. They provided me with information from where he was born, who raised him, and what interested him. They also provided me with information about the journey of his occupation, they informed me since the beginning of his education all the way to his success in opening his own business. I choose Benjamin Franklin because he’s not just any ordinary person, he was very intelligent and started off very small from hardly and education, he self-taught his self a lot and I admired that. He did not quit anything he started until he was satisfied and until he knew he did his best work. Benjamin Franklin also did not take is success for granted he continued to produce more things for his country and to help his citizens improve their community so that they could have more

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