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Benjamin Franklin

Published on Sep 22, 2016

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Benjamin Franklin

Nash Jones, Jalen Lewis, Michael Hewitt, Garrett Shapiro
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Politics

  • Proposed a plan in 1754 for united colonies and after the Stamp Act he worked hard for that goal
  • Went to England in 1775 to talk to King George over who should control the government
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POLITICS CONT.

  • Elected to second continental congress and drafted the Declaration of Independence
  • Was friends with France and persuaded them to sign loans to America
  • 6th president of Pennsylvania
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Scientist

  • Invented split-lens bifocals, lightening rod (divert lightening), refrigerator
  • Invented the Franklin stove (made the stove much hotter with less fuel)
  • Storms don’t always travel in the same wind
  • Found out electricity was in the sky from lightning
  • 24- hour clock
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Writer

  • Wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack, his take on ethical philosophy
  • Published an autobiography in 1771
  • Wrote for the Pennsylvania Gazette
  • Wrote a satire called Rules by which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small one intended to Calm tensions with Britain
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