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10 de dic. de 2020 · Benjamin Franklin is best known as one of the Founding Fathers who never served as president but was a respected inventor, publisher, scientist and diplomat. By Biography.com Editors...
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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher.
- Benjamin Franklin’s Early Years
- Benjamin Franklin: Printer and Publisher
- Benjamin Franklin and Philadelphia
- Benjamin Franklin's Inventions
- Benjamin Franklin and The American Revolution
- Benjamin Franklin’s Later Years
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in colonial Boston. His father, Josiah Franklin (1657-1745), a native of England, was a candle and soap maker who married twice and had 17 children. Franklin’s mother was Abiah Folger (1667-1752) of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Josiah’s second wife. Franklin was the eighth of Abiah and Josiah’s 10 offspr...
Benjamin Franklin returned to Philadelphia in 1726, and two years later opened a printing shop. The business became highly successful producing a range of materials, including government pamphlets, books and currency. In 1729, Franklin became the owner and publisher of a colonial newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, which proved popular—and to whic...
As Franklin’s printing business prospered, he became increasingly involved in civic affairs. Starting in the 1730s, he helped establish a number of community organizations in Philadelphia, including a lending library (it was founded in 1731, a time when books weren’t widely available in the colonies, and remained the largest U.S. public library unt...
In 1748, Franklin, then 42 years old, had expanded his printing business throughout the colonies and become successful enough to stop working. Retirement allowed him to concentrate on public service and also pursue more fully his longtime interest in science. In the 1740s, he conducted experiments that contributed to the understanding of electricit...
In 1754, at a meeting of colonial representatives in Albany, New York, Franklin proposed a plan for uniting the colonies under a national congress. Although his Albany Plan was rejected, it helped lay the groundwork for the Articles of Confederation, which became the first constitution of the United States when ratified in 1781. In 1757, Franklin t...
In 1785, Franklin left France and returned once again to Philadelphia. In 1787, he was a Pennsylvania delegate to the Constitutional Convention. (The 81-year-old Franklin was the convention’s oldest delegate.) At the end of the convention, in September 1787, he urged his fellow delegates to support the heavily debated new document. The U.S. Constit...
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Benjamin Franklin (Boston, 17 de enero de 1706 [Nota 1] -Filadelfia, 17 de abril de 1790) fue un político, polímata, científico e inventor estadounidense. Es considerado uno de los padres fundadores de los Estados Unidos .
Benjamin Franklin. (Boston, 1706 - Filadelfia, 1790) Político, científico e inventor estadounidense. Estudioso de la electricidad y de cuanto atrajo su interés, inventor del pararrayos y de otros útiles artefactos, honesto y eficiente hombre público y destacado artífice de la independencia de los Estados Unidos, Benjamin Franklin fue ...
15 de dic. de 2022 · Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) fue un diplomático, científico, inventor, escritor, hombre de muchos oficios, conocimiento e inconmensurable sabiduría, que colaboró en la redacción de la Declaración de Independencia y la Constitución de los Estados Unidos. Se le considera uno de los padres fundadores de la Nación.
Benjamin Franklin fue un político, diplomático e inventor norteamericano que vivió en el siglo XVIII. Debido a las dificultades económicas que padecía su familia, solo pudo cursar estudios elementales hasta los diez años.
