The Life and Accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin

Created by: Elizabeth Baty, Carlan McNeill and Cynda Grainger

Mrs. Payne’s Fifth Grade Class2010-2011

Ben Franklin’s Early Life and Family:

-Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706

-He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin.

-Benjamin Franklin died April 17, 1790.

Ben Franklin’s Education:*Education:No formal education beyond the age of 10 years old.Self-taught, apprenticed as a printer. Honorary Doctor of

Laws, Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford.

Ben Franklin’s Career:*Career:Printer, Publisher, Scientist. Clerk of the Pennsylvania Assembly,

1736; Founded the Library Company of Philadelphia, 1731; Postmaster of Philadelphia, 1737-1753; Member of Pennsylvania Assembly, 1751-1764; Deputy Postmaster general of the British colonies in America, 1753; Founded Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia, 1753; Agent to Europe for Pennsylvania, 1757-1762, for Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, 1764-1775; Elected to Continental Congress, 1775; Testified before Parliament concerning the Stamp Act, 1776; Postmaster General of the united colonies, 1775; Commissioner to the French Court, 1776; Minister plenipotentiary to the French Court, 1779; Negotiator in and Member of the Treaties with Gr.-Britain, 1781-1783; Member of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, President of Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery, 1785; Senior member of the Constitutional Convention, 1787.

Ben Franklin’s Inventions:1752 – Lightning Rod1761 – Armonica1775 – Odometer1784 – Bifocals18th Century – Franklin StoveMap of Gulf StreamDaylight Savings Time