Benji Franklin

Benjamin Steephenson 7th- Reading Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a brilliant man. At a young age, he worked at brother’s printing shop in Boston. At age 17, he moved to Philadelphia. There he created his own newspaper known as the Pennsylvania Gazette. He published the Poor Richard’s Almanac. In the almanac, he included many proverbs which are wise sayings. He created the first circulating library. He started a school which later became known as the University of Pennsylvania. He also began the American Philosophical Society. Benjamin Franklin also contributed to society through his numerous inventions. He discovered more about lightning. He invented the lightning rod which saved man people’s homes from burning because of lightning. He made glasses which help seeing. The stove heated houses better and more efficiently. All of his inventions, and his life, contributed to the growth of the colonies and to society.