1. Benjamin Franklin By Dominic Wilkinson -Benjamin Franklin: inventor, printer, visionary, and founding father, possibly being the biggest influence, not just on America, but everywhere else on Earth that has electronics. -Benjamin Franklin was most famous discovering electricity. -Benjamin Franklin became so popular (in the economy) he had signed the Constitution -(A)Franklin was born 1706, January 17 -(A)Franklin decided to run away 1723, influenced by brother, James, harassing him, because Ben had kept “The New England Courant” (their paper) running while James was in jail -(B)Was sent to school for a year and loved to read so he was apprenticed by his father, to his older brother as a printer (1)

2. -Benjamin Franklin’s many and also varied life experiences and his considerate intelligence -(B)An important decision he had made is, he had played a major role in the independence, by assisting in signing treaties with the French (2) -(B)Benjamin Franklin had assisted in the repeal of the Stamp Act, an act of 1756, that took revenue by adding a stamp that represented the item to be taxed -He hadn’t much prepared for his success, being removed from school at 10, although he almost never give up. He did however use his resting visions, to focus on a single idea and go to the full extent -He changed the world, by publishing the first library, and finding electricity -Although the world is still being changed by his influence although he’d lived 84 years, dying April 17, 1790, leaving the world motionless to the death of this great inventor. -(B) He was removed from Boston Latin School at age 10, to work with his father, Josiah, but that didn’t fire his imagination

3. ●Benjamin Franklin Picture: (1) http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/BenjaminFranklin (2) http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/warning- night-fliers-man (3) http://lindajm.squidoo.com/benjaminfranklinbooks http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/BenjaminFranklin http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/warning- night-fliers-man http://lindajm.squidoo.com/benjaminfranklinbooks ●(A) http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/, (B) http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-9301234, http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/ http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-9301234 ●(C) http://5factsabout.com/articles/5-facts-about-benjamin-franklin/, http://5factsabout.com/articles/5-facts-about-benjamin-franklin/ ●(D) http://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/101237-interesting-and-fun-facts-about-ben-franklin/, http://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/101237-interesting-and-fun-facts-about-ben-franklin/ ●(E) http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/benjaminfranklin1.htm http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/benjaminfranklin1.htm Sources Trivia ●(C)What child was he (1st last, of how many children)? Nine of eleven ●(C)How old was he when he signed the Declaration of Independance? 70 ●(C)What had he signed? Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Treaty of Paris of 1776 ●(D)What group is he in now, a group that plays a major play in our economy? Founding Fathers ●(E)At 23, what paper did he publish? The Pennsylvania Gazette (3)