On January 17, 1706 Benjamin Franklin the “man of electricity” was born. He was the youngest of 10 kids, his mother and father's names were Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger, his father's second wife. Benjamin's father , in total, would have 17 children. Benjamin's father was only able to send him to school for a year, but being a clergy took many years. Benjamin’s brother, James, was a printer Benjamin and so, Benjamin would help sell his products on the streets in these next 3 paragraphs.Benjamin’s tough times as a kid, his publishings, and how he helped draft the Declaration of Independence Even though James teased and constantly hit Ben, Ben learned a lot about newspaper publishing and gained a similar brand of politics under the printer’s