In American history there are many great Americans. Benjamin Franklin is one of them. He had many professions: a printer, scientist and a statesman. He has seventeen siblings. His father Josiah Franklin a candle and soap maker. He married Deborah Read and had a son William Temple Franklin. As a scientist he developed the lighting rod, which prevented lighting to strike and burn a house. He was a colonel of a Philadelphia regiment (1765), and started the first fire department. A colonial agent in England for Pennsylvania, from 1764 to 1775. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress; he also spent time to review Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence. He died in April, when he was e
Benjamin Franklin is the protagonist since the book is about him. I don't think there is a real antagonist in this book because no one really hated or went against him. Although Andrew Bradford the best established printer in Philadelphia had competition with Benjamin and they became rivals. Bradford was the head post master and he didn't let his riders carry Benjamin's newspaper
Benjamin traveled to many places in his life but his home was Philadelphia the first place of work for him. Benjamin didn't like his father's choice of work. When he was twelve he worked with his brother James Franklin at his printing shop, they fought a lot. Benjamin still young, set off to find work in New York but he couldn't find any, he then traveled to Philadelphia and got
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