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Benjamin Franklin

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PERSONAL

  • LIVED FROM 1706-1790;BORN IN BOSTON;RAN AWAY FROM HOME AT 17 YEARS OLD;CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN 10 TIMES VISITED 120 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

SCIENCE

became a inventor, philosopher, scientist

WRITING

he was a printer and a publisher;wrote poor Richard’s almanac;the autobiography of Ben franklin;and a proposal known as the Albany plan of union

LITERATURE

* Literature-signer of the Declaration of Independence

POLITICS

* Politics -first president of his university