1. Benjamin Franklin
APUSH Period 3

2. Benjamin Franklin’s Humble Beginnings and Printing Accomplishments
Born in Boston in 1706
Worked in older brother’s Boston print shop
They didn’t get along, Benjamin left for Philadelphia
Worked hard as a printer, eventually buying his own shop
Pennsylvania Gazette
Poor Richard’s Almanac: Famous sayings
Helped start the first Fire Department and Library in the colonies

3. Franklin’s Inventions
Bifocals
Franklin stove
Lightning rod
Glass armonica
Discovered that lightning was a form of electricity

4. Renaissance Man Also a very important statesman (more on this later)
Albany Conference
Continental Congresses, Constitutional Convention
Positions in Pennsylvania government
Several positions in the initial U.S. government
Ambassador
A true Renaissance Man
“Model American Citizen”