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When Benjamin Franklin was 17 he was a newspaper publisher and was preparing to run away. When he was younger he skipped many grades.

Ben waits for a church to be built so he can prove that lighting is energy.

People including Ben didn't want the stamp act to pass so people go to the officials house and burn a hanging doll that looks like the mayor.

He left London to go back to America, because he knew america needed to be independent.

At 70 years old Ben was sent to Canada to get citizens to join the rebellion. Franklin and Jefferson was chosen to write the declaration.

He became the secret weapon to try and win the war. He is threatening France by saying he will have America and Europe team up on the Vergennes.

The thirteen states have all been bickering for a while and the other countries are waiting for them to depart to claim the land. New York made people pay a fee for any boat that docked in the Hudson River.

INTERESTING FACTS

• Was a writer
• Came from a large family
• Volenteer fireman
• Invented the glass harmonica
• Almost killed twice