Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706- 1790) Born in Boston in which was first known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Son of Josiah Franklin,and Anne Child. His father was a candle maker, not as successful as he wished to be, he removed Benjamin at age ten to help him out . Benjamin was the 15th and last male of 17 children. The first seven were from his father's first wife, and the other ten from his father's second wife Abiah Folger.

As benjamin worked for his father, he could see it didn't really make him happy. So Josiah, hoping for Ben not to follow one of his other brothers footsteps on going oversees, he apprenticed him to his older brother, James, at his print shop. James had refused to publish Ben's creation so he came withe the pseudonym "mrs. Silence Dogood" whose 14 letters were published. By the time James found out the letters were his brother, Benjamin had already left to new York but ended up settling in Philadelphia. Here he would open his own printing office, birthplace of some of his greatest publications like "The Pennsylvania Gazette" and "Poor Richards Almanac".

During the American revolution he was able to convince the French to help the Americans. Knowing how the french felt about the British Benjamin told them that if the British won, they would become of great power and probably unstoppable. The French being enemies of the British weren't happy about what they were hearing. They knew that if the redcoats won they would be vulnerable to them, so they decided to help the American by providing them with supplies. Once the Americans won he helped write the Constitution and signed for the most important documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Alliance with the French and the Treaty of Paris.


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