Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was born in January 1706.  He had nine siblings, and was best known as one of the Founding Fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.  Franklin also consulted the 1783 treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.  At the age of 12, he would help his brother, a printer, sell their products in the streets, but he did not write his own. He knew his brother would not want him doing that, so at age 15 he snuck his letters under doors at night.  After 16 secret letters, Franklin eventually confessed he was the secret author.  His brother was jealous because Benjamin's writings were so good and he was getting all the attention.  Franklin's printing business was at an all time high in the 1730s and 1740s.  A few years following, he began making inventions still around and useful today.  For example, he invented a heat-efficient stove, and electricity.

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