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Ben Franklin lived to a old age of 84 from 1706-1790. He invented the lightning rod, Franklin stove, and the glass harmonica. He also signed the Declaration of Independence. He was one of Americas most important founding fathers.
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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston. He was one of seventeen children. His parents only had enough money to put him in school for two years. Despite that, he learned the rest of his education by reading a lot.
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After about 8 years of being his older brothers apprentice, Ben was ready to start his own printing shop in Philadelphia. He wrote a paper called the Pennsylvania Gazzete, and it was very successful.
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After being a printer and printing newspapers, Ben decides to publish Poor Richards Almanac in 1732. It became to most popular Almanac in America.
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Ben Franklin invents the lightning rod, a metal pole with a wire running down it. People are meant to attach lightning rods to the tops of their buildings so when lightning strikes the building, the lightning runs through the ground, leaving the people and the building undamaged. By 1752, most of the building in Philadelphia had them. Below is the first lightning rod he made.
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When Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod, he invented one of the most important tools of the world. Lightning rods save peoples lives. When lightning struck a building in the 1700s, when buildings weren't like they are today, it was not common for the entire building to catch on fire or explode. Lightning rods have saved many lives and buildings, like the time lightning struck the Empire State Buildings.
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Because Ben Franklin had the courage to go out in stormy weather to fly a kite, he was able to prove that lightning was electricity and that led to him making the lightning rod, which is useful even today.
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We can see by the vast amount of things that Ben Franklin invented and built that he obviously liked to build things and try to tinker with whatever. If Ben Franklin wasn't as creative as he is, then we might not have many technological advances that we have today. Like the glass harmonica, as seen below.
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On July 4, 1776 Ben Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence made the 13 American Colonies the United States of America. It is probably the most important artifact of the 1700s
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Ben Franklin help to write one of Americas most important U.S. documents, which gave America its independence. Because of him, we have America like it is today, and it's independent.
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Ben Franklin signed the US Constitution on September 17, 1787. The US Constitution is a agreement that established an official national government for America, and it gave people basic rights for the citizens.
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Once lightning rods were more popular and constantly getting better and better, it became extremely common for skyscrapers to have them. We can see this today whenever we look at the skyscrapers right around us. every single one of them has a lightning rod on top of them. You can see The Cove below, and each tower has its own individual lightning rod.
