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    Joseph Montesino Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America once said “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” So my paper will be the most significant effects and impact that Benjamin Franklin had to help shape the American society and its culture. Benjamin Franklin liked to contribute his spare time on improving the city so in 1731 Philadelphia’s Union Fire Company was organized, due to the fact that fire was a major threat in…

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    Benjamin Franklin was one of the most renowned Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Earlier in his life he spent his time as a writer. From that he was known as a scientist, inventor, and politician. As a scientist, he was an important figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories concerning electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the bifocals and lightning rod, among many other inventions. In his life of being a politician he facilitated many civic…

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    Benjamin Franklin drafted the Declaration of Independence and he negotiated Treaty of Paris in 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War. It was his skill diplomacy that ended that Revolutionary War. Franklin helped the Society for Political Inquiries to enhance the knowledge of government in 1787. He also helped abolish slavery in 1790. He served as a president of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. He wrote many tract to stop the abolition of slavery and petitioned…

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    Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family lived for three different centuries in the Parish of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, on a freehold on and about thirty acres. “Benjamin Franklin was one of the official signer of the United States Constitution of 1787, Declaration of Independence, and of the Paris Peace Commission. He was one of the very first United States Postmaster’s General, a big…

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    been written with Benjamin Franklin in mind. Throughout his lifetime he invented many things, many of which are still used today. He made the lighting rod, stove, bifocal eyeglasses,(Block 42). His ingenuity helped build the foundation of the United States, which wouldn’t have been accomplished without Benjamin Franklin. The first invention that showed ingenuity was the invention of the lightning rod. “The lighting rod was the result of a flash of genius that came to Franklin after years…

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    with the kite, writer, thinker, and scientist; Benjamin Franklin was a man of many interests known by many names. Benjamin Franklin is our most engaging founding father and we see the reflections of him and his personality through his legacy and his life’s work, helping make this country great. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston Massachusetts. He was the fifteenth of the seventeen children to his father Josiah Franklin by his two marriages. As the youngest son of the…

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    Benjamin Franklin accomplished massive amounts of amazing feats in his long life. Among the many spectacular deeds there are a few that especially impacted America in the 1700’s. One of these was his brilliant work as a printer and writing in his early adulthood. Another achievement was his enormous help in the community. Lastly, he diligently assisted in writing the United States Constitution, which was probably the most famous of his feats. Franklin was born in 1706 and even as a young boy…

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    If Benjamin Franklin didn’t invent bifocals I possibly couldn't have/get a driver's license. I would have to depend on others to get me place to place. My eyesight would continue to excel from bad to worse within. His inventions have done so much to this world to help us. Especially the bifocals, I think Benjamin is a huge part of our world. Benjamin Franklin made many inventions, throughout his lifetime. Theses inventions created are swim fins, Franklin stove, bifocals, catheter, glass…

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    A long time ago on a cold winters morning in Boston, Massachusetts a little boy named Benjamin Franklin was born. January 17, 1706 was the date. When he was 10 years old he stopped school and starting working as a printer with his brother. Instead of getting his smarts from a teacher he got it by reading a lot. He was tired of working for his brother so he ran away when he was 17. He went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and that’s when his life really began. When he reached Philadelphia he was…

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    man and founding father Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 to Josiah and Abiah Franklin in Boston, Massachusetts. After attending a few years of schooling in his childhood, Franklin became a printing apprentice at the age of twelve under his brother James and participated in a new publication called The New-England Courant, the first fully independent newspaper in the American colonies. This was only the beginning of a long literary career for Franklin, as he later published such…

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