Benjamin Franklin's Contribution In The Life Of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin had a very successful life. He spent his life inventing tools and helping with politics. He was an author, father, husband, and scientist. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the tenth son born to a soap maker. He was very successful at the Boston Latin School. Despite his success, Franklin was needed to work in his father’s shop, so Franklin dropped out of school to help his father. Franklin’s father later had him working in the print shop alongside his brother James. His brother would beat and mistreat him often. Even though Franklin was mistreated, working for the paper sparked his interest in literature. By the time Franklin was 16 he had started to write. He knew that his brother would never publish his writings, so Franklin adopted the pseudonym of “Silent Dogood.” He wrote 14 letters to his brothers’ readers under the name of Mrs. Silent Dogood. In 1723 Franklin left Boston. He still had a legally binding three-year contract with his master. He fled to New York and later settled in Philadelphia, where he would spend

In 1754 a colonial representative meeting was held in Albany, New York. Franklin proposed the idea of uniting the colonies under a national congress. His plan was called the Albany Plan. His plan was later rejected, but it gave groundwork for the articles of confederation. In 1757, Franklin traveled to London as a representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly. For several years, Franklin worked to settle tax disputes and many other issues that involved William Penn, Penn owned the colony in Pennsylvania. Franklin spent time in the U.S. but he mainly resided in London, until 1775. Franklin was living in London when British officials began to try and have more control over the American colonies. In 1776, Franklin testified against the Stamp Act of 1765. The Stamp Act later lead to an uprising in the American