1. Benjamin Franklin
A Timeline of Benjamin Franklin’s Inventions, discoveries, and great ideas!

2. Public Library
Benjamin Franklin thought that people should put their books together in one building because they were so expensive to buy from England.

3. Volunteer Department Fire Department 1736
People volunteered to help protect their neighbors’ houses.

4. A stove that sits in the middle of a room.
Franklin Stove
A stove that sits in the middle of a room.

5. Electricity and Lightning 1752
They are one and the same!

6. Founding Father
Benjamin Franklin is one of the signers of the declaration of independence. It is a very important document in American history.

7. That’s like having two pair of glasses in one!
Bifocal Glasses
That’s like having two pair of glasses in one!