Benjamin Franklin STATE

  • Birth

    Birth

    Franklin was Born in Puritan Boston.
  • Forms Junto

    Forms Junto

  • First Edition of Poor Richards Almanac

    First Edition of Poor Richards Almanac

  • Becomes Postmaster of Philadelphia

    Becomes Postmaster of Philadelphia

  • Designs Franklin Stove

    Designs Franklin Stove

  • Forms American Philosophical Society

    Forms American Philosophical Society

  • First Lightning Rod Installed

    First Lightning Rod Installed

  • Appointed Deputy Postmaster of North America

    Appointed Deputy Postmaster of North America

  • Stamp Act Repealed

    Stamp Act Repealed

  • Hutchinson Letter Scandal

    Hutchinson Letter Scandal

  • Elected To Continental Congress

    Elected To Continental Congress

  • Stamp Act Passes

  • Helps formulate Declaration of Independence

    Helps formulate Declaration of Independence

  • Sails to France to Negotiate Treaty

    Sails to France to Negotiate Treaty

  • Treaty of France signed

    Treaty of France signed

  • Returns to Philadelphia and is Delegate to the Constitutional Convention

  • The Constitution is written and accepted

    The Constitution is written and accepted

  • Dies in Philadelphia