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Friday, December 6, 2013

Benjamin Franklin

Ben Franklin was one of the greatest Founding Fathers of all time. He signed and edited the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and wrote an almanac called Poor Richard's Almanac. He also got a successful career in printing newspaper. Also he invented many things like lights and hospitals.

When America had just won the Revolutionary War we had a bad government. People had to create the Constitution to organize and create a better country. Ben Franklin was one of those people who revised, edited and signed the constitution. He sign the constitution even though he wasn't completely satisfied with it.

Ben Franklin was also an inventor. He invented many things such as bifocals, the Franklin stove and swimming. He also extracted energy from lightning to power many things. Some useful inventions we still use today are lightning rods,lights and hospitals.

Here are some fun facts of Ben Franklin. When America had shortage of coin money Ben Franklin was hired to print paper money. Instead of the bald eagle he wanted the turkey to be the national bird. Unlike other founding fathers he didn't wear a wig. He published Poor Richard's Almanac under an fake identity as a poor man named Richard.

Ben Franklin was amazing man who invented things,helped America become a better country and did random things to help America.

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