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He was only 12 when he started working with his brother James in his printing shop
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James Franklin published the first American newspaper
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Franklin published anonymously letters delivered to the Courant
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Benjamin left Boston, looking for a new job in New York.
He went to Philadelphia where he met his future wife Deborah Read.
He worked as a printer with Samuel Keimer -
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In Philadelphia, Franklin founded the Junto Club.
The Junto Club lasted until 1765 -
The newspaper became one of the most prominent publications in Colonial America
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First edition published.
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Elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mason of Pennsylvania
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Conducted kite experiments by flying a kite in a thunderstorm proving that lightning is electrical. He published the experiment in the Pennsylvania Gazette
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Franklin printed his famous cartoon "Join or Die" to make a point about their own defense and colonial unity with the British against the French and Indians
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Award given from Oxford University.
He invented the glass armonica, Mozart and Beethoven composed for it -
Franklin was appointed as part of the committee of five who drafted the Declaration of Independence
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France declared war on Great Britain
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John Adams, John Jay, and Benjamin Franklin signed the Treaty of Paris which put an end to the war between the colonies and Great Britain
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Election as President of the Pennsylvania Executive Council
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The Constitutional Convention it is considered one of the most significant events in the history of the United States
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Benjamin was elected president of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery
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Franklin died at the age of 84. He is buried in Christ Church burial ground in Philadelphia.
He died of pleurisy.
