Benjamin Franklin Research Paper

Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17; 1706.he was the tenth son of soap maker Josiah Franklin. His mother was Abaiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all Franklin’s father had 17 children. Franklin’s father wanted him to go to school at clergy, but his father could only send his son to school for one year, and clergymen needed several years of schooling. When Ben was young he loved to read, so he helped his brother James make pamphlets, and we he was 12 years-old he went to sell their products on the streets. When Franklin was 15 his brother started the new England courant the first “newspaper” in Boston. Ben wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew his brother wouldn’t let him, so Franklin began writing letters at

He worked so well that the governor of Pennsylvania promised to set him up in business for himself if franklin would go to England and buy fonts, but the governor did not keep his promise and Franklin was forced to stay several months in England doing print work. Ben was living with the Read family before he left for London. Deborah, the same girl who had seen Franklin arrive in Philadelphia, started talking about marriage with young Franklin, but he did not think he was ready, so while he was away she married another man. When Franklin returned to Philadelphia, he tried to help out at a shop, but soon went back to being a printer’s helper. Ben was a better printer than the man he worked for, so he borrowed some money to make his own business. Franklin worked so hard the people of Philadelphia began to notice the young diligent businessman, and soon began getting a contract to do government jobs and stared thriving in

By 1749 he retired from business and started concentrating on science, experiments, and inventions. This was nothing new to Franklin. In 1743, he had already invented a heat-efficient stove called the Franklin stove-to help warm homes efficiently. The stove improved society, but franklin refused to take out a patent. Franklin also invented other things like fins used for swimming the glass harmonica (a musical instrument) and bifocals. In the 1750s he turned his study to electricity. Ben’s observations including his kite experiment which verified the nature of electricity and lighting brought franklin international