Franklin was born on the seventeen of January 1706. Like every Boston boy he could read and write, knew something about history, and had knew a few Orthodox Catechism scriptures by heart (McMaster 3).

"The story of the life of Ben Franklin began at a time when Queen Anne still ruled the colonies; when the colonies were but ten in number, and when the population of the ten did not sum up to be four hundred thousand

Franklin then went to work as an apprentice for his half brother James. He worked hard and he learned the trade well over time. James customers had James print their books for them. He was a mischievous boy of his age and would smuggle the books from James. He would stay up late and read the books then he would wake up and return the books early in the morning so James would not miss it (Kent 11). One of his customers stimulated him with one of their books, he decided to try his own hand in writing. He wrote about the Pirate Black Beard drowning a family. James liked his writing so much that he published it. The people liked his writing. This was the stuff that the public wanted to hear about (Meltzer 39). His writing gave him a great lead for his life, it would be proven to do him some good later in life. Later he started to debate with his friends. To people who differed from him thought of him as obnoxious and stopped listening to him debate (Meltzer 40).

Franklin tried many trades when he was young. He thought most of the trades as boring. The trade he liked the most was the trade of a printer. He liked the process of printing and the process never seemed to get dull to him. This was the trade for him (Meltzer 39).

souls; ... when pirates infested the Atlantic coast; when there was no such thing as a stage coach in the land; ...and when Ann Pollard, the first white women that ever set foot on the soil of Boston, was still enjoying a hale old age" (McMaster 1).

Franklin felt it was time to seek a bride. He needed to find a bride to satisfy his "Sexual appetite" (Meltzer 74). This aggravated problem pushed him into having affairs with young women he met on the street. He now showed his attention to Deborah Read. He married Deborah on the September 1, 1730. He was twenty four when they married. Deborah was nothing like her husband Franklin. Deborah was poorly educated, but she was affectionate and delightful (Meltzer 74-75).

In 1748, Franklin was elected office and voted into the cities Common Council. In 1751 he was elected into the Pennsylvania Assembly (Meltzer 141).

In 1737 he was offered a job of little pay but great benefits to his newspaper. The new job of Postmaster General let him deliver all of his papers for no cost and let him gather more news for his Gazette easier (Meltzer 105). It also helped him advertise. He didn't have to pay people to deliver the advertisements because he could just deliver the advertisement himself. Doing this let him deliver more to customers which let his business increase (Meltzer 105).

After schooling Franklin had many jobs. His jobs were to cut wicks, mold candles, and tended the shop. His dream at this time was to sail the open seas. His dad tried to teach him a trade to keep him on land then him going to sea (McMaster 4).

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