Whether it’s attracting lightning with a key, inventing bifocals, lightning rods, etc., or sponsoring the first library, Benjamin Franklin is a hero all around. He helped to draft the document that freed America; the Declaration of Independence. He also was involved in negotiating in the Treaty of Paris in 1973, which ended the revolutionary war. But what one event is Benjamin Franklin famous for? What is his biggest accomplishment? Though this name is a sponsor to our world, why? Most people know the name, but not the man. That is why it is important to learn and value him.
Imagine that it is 1706 in a small house in Boston, Massachusetts crowded with one adult man, one grown woman and 14 children. That is what Benjamin Franklin was born into, as the 15th out of 17 children in the Franklin family. As a Massachusetts Bay Colony citizen, Benjamin Franklin was removed from school despite his success to work with his father at a candle and soap shop. When young Franklin didn’t take to this, his folks decided to have him help his older brother at a press store. When Benjamin loved this through and through despite his brothers demanding and tough order, Ben decided to begin to try and publish his own books. …show more content…
His interests in science and technology were so rewarding, however, that he ended up very successful; the key to exploring the world. Americas most prized document, now in the nation’s capital archives, is the Declaration of Independence. It speaks the fascinating language that William Shakespeare once spoke in, and it has the elegance of a ballroom in the richest man’s house. One of his biggest accomplishments is helping to draft this document; only the most important men in the world are presented by life with that
Imagine that it is 1706 in a small house in Boston, Massachusetts crowded with one adult man, one grown woman and 14 children. That is what Benjamin Franklin was born into, as the 15th out of 17 children in the Franklin family. As a Massachusetts Bay Colony citizen, Benjamin Franklin was removed from school despite his success to work with his father at a candle and soap shop. When young Franklin didn’t take to this, his folks decided to have him help his older brother at a press store. When Benjamin loved this through and through despite his brothers demanding and tough order, Ben decided to begin to try and publish his own books. …show more content…
His interests in science and technology were so rewarding, however, that he ended up very successful; the key to exploring the world. Americas most prized document, now in the nation’s capital archives, is the Declaration of Independence. It speaks the fascinating language that William Shakespeare once spoke in, and it has the elegance of a ballroom in the richest man’s house. One of his biggest accomplishments is helping to draft this document; only the most important men in the world are presented by life with that