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Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790

Early Life Lived in Boston Left school early Worked for his brother as an “indentured apprentice”

At age 17 Ran away from his brother Fled from Boston to NY, from NY to PA

By age 24 Prosperous merchant Owned successful print shop Published the Penn Gazette

By age 41 Enough money to retire Sent by Penn to lobby in England

By age 68 (1774) Returned to America Helped draft Declaration of Independence Went to France & negotiated treaty for America After American victory, helped negotiate the peace with Britain

At age 81 Member of the Constitutional Convention

Versatile Scientist Electricity Royal Society Uneducated “rustic” From America Practical Franklin Stove Bifocal Glasses Statesman Europeans loved him

Puritan Values in an Enlightenment Thinker Moral perfection “City on a Hill” Enlightenment Master 13 virtues Accessible through natural law

Contrast in Views of God Anne Bradstreet, "Here Follow …" God wills everything Mary Rowlandson, "A Narrative…" Edward Taylor (1642?-1729), "Huswifery" God's useful tools Johathan Edwards, “Sinners…” Fear God’s punishment Benjamin Franklin, “Autobiography…” God the watchmaker