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You’ll be reading about Benjamin Franklin in this book, and his approach to governance. You will also read about the major events that happened during his presidency as well as his contributions to them. Learning about history shouldn’t be boring. With age-appropriate and edutaining books, like this, history can be fun! Grab a copy today!

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Publié par	Speedy Publishing LLC
Date de parution	01 décembre 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781541920408
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Who Was Benjamin Fran klin?
US History and Govern ment

Children’s American His tory

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Copyright 2017
All Rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any way or form or by any means whether electronic or mechanical, this means that you cannot record or photocopy any material ideas or tips that are provided in this book

I n this book, we’re going to talk about the amazing life of Benjamin Franklin. So, let’s get right to it!

Benjamin Franklin

WHO WAS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN?
B enjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was also an inventor and a scientist. He ran his own printing press and was a publisher. He was also a statesman, a politician, a diplomat, and a freemason, which means he was a member of a secret society based on brotherhood. He was known as a genius in his own time and is frequently described as the “First American.”

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S EARLY LIFE
B enjamin Franklin’s father, Josiah, had 17 children in total, 10 boys and 7 girls. He had 7 children during his first marriage to Anne Child. After he married Abiah Folger, he had 10 more children. Ben was the youngest son in the group and he was born on the 17th of January in 1706 and christened as Benjamin Josiah Franklin.

Franklin in London, 1767

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H e was his father’s 15th child. The Franklin family was living in the city of Boston in the America colony called the Massachusetts Bay Colony at the time that Franklin was born.
Benjamin’s father had dreams that his son would become a minister and he sent the boy to the Boston Latin School. Ben was an excellent student and loved to learn and to read. He soaked up as much knowledge as possible. However, Josiah’s business wasn’t doing well, so he couldn’t afford to continue to send Ben to school, so at age 10, Benjamin had to quit school.

H e went to work helping his father in his shop, which sold candles and soap. In those days, making candles was a tedious process of dipping wicks into hot cauldrons of wax over and over. His father could see that Ben was bored. He didn’t want his young son to become a seaman as some of his other sons had done, so when Ben was 12 years old, Josiah sent him to become an apprentice in a print shop that was owned by Ben’s older brother James.