BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
1706- 1790 GENERAL INFORMATION
• He was born in 17 of January in 1706 and died on 17 of April in 1790 in Boston, tenth son of fifteen children. • Father: Josiah Franklin (soap maker) • Mother: Abiah Folger (second wife) • One of the founding fathers of the United States • Consider as First citizen of the 18th century • Deborah Read as spouse • Children William(out of marriage), Francis, Sarah BELIEFS
• “I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe” • He believed in Jesus as perfect person but not as a God • Some people call him a new and prudent Deist(British). • Broke with traditional Christianity PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION
• Many occupations • Author, Politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, invertor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. • Independent Political Party • Worked for his older brother James in Boston • Open and rum another printer in Pennsylvania • Became wealthy at age of 42 in 1748 • Bifocals, music instruments and phonetic alphabet • Volunteer fireman • Spoke 5 languages • First insurance company in the colonies • Owned his first company at the age of 22 FACTS
• First non religious College • First public librarian • First national news paper • He only had two years of formal education • Hit writer as a teenager • Designed a musical instrument used by Mozart and Beethoven • Fashion Icon in France • Member international swimming hall of fame I DIDN’T KNOW
He is the guy in the 100.00$ bills HE INVENTED FRANKLIN’S WORKS
• The way to Wealth • The speech of Miss Polly Baker • Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One • Information to Those Who Would Remove to America • Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America • The Autobiography QUOTES
• Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
• By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. QUIZZ
• At what age he owned his first company?
• How many children he had?
• How many occupations he had?
• How many years of formal education he had? CITED WORKS
• The Norton Anthology, American Literature
• History • http://www.history.com/news/11-surprising-facts- about-benjamin-franklin
• Bio. • http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin- franklin-9301234