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Benjamin Franklin

By Doraine Bennett

Clarke C. Scott, M. A.

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Benjamins family was very large .

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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston ,

Massachusetts . His family was very

large . Benjamins father wanted him

to be a preache r. A preacher teaches

others about God . But the family had

little money . They could not pay for

Benjamin to nish school .

A Big Family

1706

Born

Benjamin worked in his brothers print shop .

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Benjamin loved to read . Benjamins

brother was a printer . He made books

and newspapers . Benjamin worked for

him . He set the letters on the printing

press . Benjamin read the books in the

shop . He learned about printing books

and newspapers . He learned about

writing .

Benjamin Goes to Work

1706

Born

People liked to read Benjamins funny sayings .

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Benjamin did not like working for

his brother . They did not get along .

Benjamin ran away . He went to

Philadelphia . Benjamin started his own

print shop . He became a printer .

He wrote a newspaper . It was called

Poor Richards Almanac . People liked

to read his funny sayings . He said ,

A penny saved is a penny earned .

Benjamins Newspaper

1728 Starts

printing business

1706

Born

Benjamin started a reghters club .

Benjamin Helps Others

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1728 Starts

printing business

1706

Born

1736 Starts

reghters club

Books were hard to nd. They cost a lot

of money . So Benjamin started a library.

People could borrow the books. It was

the rst library in America. Sick people

needed better care. Benjamin started

a hospital. Many houses were made of

wood . Fire could destroy them. Benjamin

started a reghters club. They helped

each other if res broke out.

Benjamin invented things to help people .

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Benjamin liked science . He learned how

things worked . He invented things to

help people . He studied heat . He built

a better stove . We still use the Franklin

stove today . He studied sight . He built

bifocals . They were a new kind of

glasses . Bifocals help people see far

away and up close .

Benjamin Invents

1728 Starts

printing business

1706

Born

1736 Starts

reghters club

Benjamin learned lightning was electricity .

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Benjamin watched lightning in the sky .

It was powerful . It could destroy a tree

or a house . Benjamin studied lightning .

He learned it was electricity . Electricity

is energy found in nature . He invented

a lightning rod . The rod could keep a

house safe from lightning . Benjamin

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