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Events from the life of Benjamin Franklin
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Birth of Benjamin Franklin -- Click the + to read more.
Born in Boston ,Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin was the tenth child and youngest boy in his family. -
8 year old Benjamin goes to school
Benjamin had good handwriting, and was an excellent reader, but he did poorly in arithmetic. -
10 year old Benjamin was taken out of school
He began to work in his father's soap-and-candle shop. Benjamin cut wicks, poured hot wax into candle molds, and did errands. He HATED the smell of the wax and boiling soap. HE HATED MAKING CANDLES. -
12 year-old Benjamin began working in his brother's print shop.
Benjamin set type and ran the press. He also wrote clever articles for the newspaper. he signed them Mistress Silence Dogood so no one would know who wrote them. James, his older brother, was angry when he found out that Benjamin was Silence Dogood. He refused to print any more of the articles. -
22 year-old Benjamin set up his own print shop and published a newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette.
Benjamin became the official printer of Pennsylvania. Later he become the official printer for New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, too. -
Events in the Life of Benjamin Franklin
Beginning this year Benjamin printer Poor Richard's Almanack. At the time, it was the most popular almnac in America. It had information on the weather, recipes, and a calendar of important dates. It also had stories and wish sayings, including ," Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" and "Haste makes waste." -
Benjamin went to England
Benjamin went to England. He spoke at the English House of Commons against the STAMP ACT, a tax which American colonists felt was unfair. Franklin helped to convince the English to end the tax.
Benjamin Franklin remained in Egland for ten years. He told King George III to give people in the 13 colonies more rights and freedom. But the king refused. -
American Revolution
Benjamin returned to the colonies soon after the beginning of the American Revolution. He was at the SECOND Continental Congress and was chosen to help write the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
