Benjamin Franklin's Accomplishments

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning” (Benjamin Franklin). When you achieve a certain goal, your aspiration to succeed shouldn't stop. You need to always strive to continue improving to truly succeed. Benjamin Franklin lived out his words because if he stopped when he achieved his first goal he would have never discovered electricity or done many other things for our community. Benjamin Franklin may only be known to have discovered electricity, he has many other amazing inventions and discoveries.

Benjamin Franklin was born into a middle class family on January 17, 1706. He was the youngest son and the 15th out of 17 children. “He learned to read very early and had one

Knowing this we can assume that Benjamin Franklin was a very intelligent young man. “At 12 he was apprenticed to his brother James, a printer.” (Britannica). Benjamin was so smart that he started working with his brother at age 12 and around the same time that he was appointed to work with his brother at the printing press he taught himself how to write by relentlessly reading in his free time. Benjamin Franklin was an extraordinary kid that was very clever.

Benjamin Franklin has achieved many things in his life, one being that he discovered electricity. “During one experiment, Ben accidentally shocked himself. In one of his letters, he described the shock as "...a universal blow throughout my whole body from head to foot, which seemed within as well as without; after which the first thing I took notice of was a violent quick shaking of my body..." (He also had a feeling of numbness in his arms and the back of his neck that gradually wore off)” (Benjamin Franklin's Inventions). This very moment where Benjamin accidentally shocked himself led to the curiosity of what is it, what else can it do. “By

“Previously, fireplaces in Colonial homes were inefficient and smoky” (Constitutional Center). Fireplaces back then would warm the houses but would fill them with smoke which is very bad for your body to breathe in. The home owners, however, could do nothing about it because there was no other alternative option. Benjamin Franklin gave us that other option. “The Franklin Stove, enclosed in iron, provided more heat with much less smoke, using much less wood” (Constitutional Center). Benjamin Franklins’ Franklin Stove benefited many by providing more heat with less wood and prevented smoke. The Franklin's Stove was an improvement from the fireplace back then and benefited the society for the