Benjamin Franklin APUSH Period 3

Benjamin Franklin’s Humble Beginnings and Printing Accomplishments Born in Boston in 1706 Worked in older brother’s Boston print shop They didn’t get along, Benjamin left for Philadelphia Worked hard as a printer, eventually buying his own shop Pennsylvania Gazette Poor Richard’s Almanac: Famous sayings Helped start the first Fire Department and Library in the colonies

Franklin’s Inventions Bifocals Franklin stove Lightning rod Glass armonica Discovered that lightning was a form of electricity

Renaissance Man Also a very important statesman (more on this later) Albany Conference Continental Congresses, Constitutional Convention Positions in Pennsylvania government Several positions in the initial U.S. government Ambassador A true Renaissance Man “Model American Citizen”