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A Very Brief Story Of Benjamin Franklin's Discovery Of Liberty

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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, 1706 and he helped make the blueprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Ben was a great writer, one of his most famous books was Poor Richard's Almanac and he also talked with the French to assist the U.S. in the Revolutionary War. Benjamin’s scientific pursuit lead him to the discovery of electricity. He also invented the bifocal glasses, and he organized the first successful lending library.

Benjamin Franklin was elected in 1787 to represent Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention, which made the new U.S. Constitution. He also discovered electricity with his famous kite and key. In 1746, Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity. Franklin proved that lightning is …show more content…

While Ben lived at the Read’s, Deborah talked about marriage with Benjamin, but Benjamin didn’t think he was ready, so when Benjamin left, she married another man. When Ben got back from London, Deborah was abandoned by her husband after a couple months after Deborah’s marriage, he tried to help run a shop, but soon returned to working as a printer. Benjamin did better than the man he was working for ,so Ben decided to run his own business. Ben borrowed some money and set himself up with a printing business. Because they had a shop, they could sell anything they wanted. In 1729, Ben bought the newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin not only printed the paper, but often contributed pieces to the paper under different names. His newspaper soon became the most successful in the colonies. Franklin thrived on this work. In 1730, Benjamin married the woman that was always there for him, Deborah. In 1733 he started publishing Poor Richard's Almanack. Almanacs of the era were printed annually, and contained things like weather reports, recipes, predictions and lecture. Franklin published his almanac under the guise of a man named Richard Saunders, a poor man who needed money to take care of his carping wife. What distinguished Franklin's almanac were his funny sayings and lively

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