Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers Of the United States. Ben was a lot of things but most important he was a scientist who pushed us towards electricity. His theories led him to invent the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin Stove. He also formed the first Library and the first Fire Department.
Ben earned The First American for his early campaigning for colonial unity as an author and also a spokesman in London for many colonies. He was later the First United States Ambassador to France.
Franklin was proud of his working class and became a great newspaper editor and printer in Philly. His partners were William Goddard, and Joseph Galloway. The 3 of them published the Pennsylvania Chronicle. There newspaper was know for its critcism towards the British Monachry in the American Colonies. He later became wealthy publishing Richards Almanack, and the Pennsylvania Chronicle. Ben got international renown as a scientist for his experiments.
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Ben Franklin is not from Ch. 5-9.