Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17th 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. At an early age Benjamin learned to read and could be considered and major accomplishment. At age 10 he quit school so he could start working full time at his father’s candle and soap shop. Dipping wax and cutting wicks didn’t suit his needs. At age 12 his father apprenticed him to his brother James at a print shop.
Benjamin Franklin was involved with the constitution in many different ways and ended up being part of the members. The constitution is a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed. The Constitution is made up from 4,400 words it's the oldest and shortest written constitution of any major government in the world. Even though he was 81 years old and in poor health he still participated as a delegate to the Constitution convention. Franklin made himself delegate to the Convention because he was experienced as a seasoned diplomat and negotiator.
Franklin’s early passion for reading develop and shape his life as a young adult, and influence the formation, and importance placed on a public persona. He mentions his early affection for reading , “My early Readiness in learning to read (which must have been very early, as I do not remember when I could not read),” leads to a more advanced ability to study philosophy as a young man, including that of Socrates (Franklin 8). This develops his skills in debate, encouraging him to abandon “abrupt Contradiction, and positive Argumentation, and put on the humble Inquirer & Doubter…” (Franklin
Benjamin Franklin moved from Boston to Philadelphia. After moving to London in 1724, Franklin returned to Philadelphia in 1726 to find that Deborah had married in the interim, only to be abandoned by her husband just months after the wedding. Around that time, Franklin fathered a son, William, out of wedlock who was taken in by the couple. The pair’s first son, Francis, was born in 1732, but he died four years later of smallpox.
1 U.S. Founding Fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and John Adams all made contributions of a practical kind to the beginnings of American society. It was Benjamin Franklin, though, who embodied the inventiveness and sheer creative energy that would mark our American character. 2 Franklin was a self-made man who rose to international importance in equal parts as inventor, scientist, revolutionary, and statesman. Benjamin Franklin was humbly raised as the 10th son of a Puritan soap maker in Colonial New England.
Benjamin Franklin faked as if he were the king in a way of a celebrity who accessibly exhibits great wisdom. Franklin 's fictional life inspired some ladies to wear wigs that imitated soft fur caps. Thanks to Franklin 's fictions his caps became a style that people would use. Everyone loved Franklin and his fictional side. Benjamin Franklin "was a symbol both of the virtuous frontier freedom romanticized by Rousseau and of the Enlightenment’s reasoned wisdom championed by
A world with nothing but an array of bland colors; no shapes, no lines, and no images. Shapes would be blobs of nothingness, lines would be pure imagination, and images would be nonexistent. Individuals lost without the vital part that eyesight plays, would be seen crashing into walls and the entirety of the world would be untidy and incompetent for human life. A society that is blurry and cloudy is a world where chaos litters. However, this murky world, filled with destruction, eventually came to a halt in 1784, all thanks to a single man named Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin is known to be an “Archetypal American,” because of his beliefs on religion, self-improvement, hard work, and determination; but also his somewhat prideful spirit. Much of modern America is quite similar to Franklin in his actions throughout his lifetime. In his early years, Franklin’s father, Josiah, had a set plan for what he was supposed to do with his life, as a minister. Soon into his education, he found an interest in reading and writing, so he began pursuing a career in printing.
Benjamin Franklin and His 13 Virtues In part II of Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography, he lists the 13 virtues every man should follow to establish a modeled “habitude” that would better life for all men of the time period. Although not all men of the 1780s were perfect examples of these virtues, these virtues are what the “old lights” strived to be. The virtues “occurred to [Franklin] as necessary or desirable” (Franklin, 428). The success of the nation was reliant on heading towards a similar goal - a goal to be a well-respected example for the nation.
Benjamin Franklin was not only one of the worlds most famous leaders, but a family man who cared about everyone. In his biography that he wrote himself, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, it covers his life achievement. However, the book was edited by John Bigelow. Franklin writes about his life and all that he achieved. Family is clearly important to Mr. Franklin, the first part of the book he talks about his childhood and growing up.
In his early life, Franklin begins to exhibit a trait that is now an integral part of American identity: a commitment to self-improvement.
Benjamin Franklin’s childhood and early life significantly shaped his activities and contributions. These activities made him a successful statesman because of the character they gave him. They also gave him the life experience that enabled him to relate to people on a deeper level through his difficult life experiences. To begin with, Franklin realized the importance of education at a very early age, giving him a head start even though he was never educated formally. “He began reading all the books he could find.
Franklin claims that he has been living long enough to see errors that he made, therefore as he grow older, he tend to “doubt of [his] own judgment” because nobody is perfect due to his past experiences (43). The informations that Franklin presents is to show his reputation that he is not perfect, also his constitution but he is open minded and willing to make what is best for the people. The perspective errors of the constitution have, is being “sacrificed to the public good” meaning all the flaw that constitution have will not be reveal to the people (44). Franklin is very passion about what is best for the people and their happiness, furthermore his characteristic is very respectful toward the citizen and the congress.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is composed of four different parts that were written at three different periods in Franklin’s life. The first section starts with Franklin addressing his son and it seems as though Franklin is telling his life story so that it may be an example of how he was continuously improving himself. Franklin also makes mention of his religious beliefs and God throughout the book which seems to be a theme throughout the book. Throughout Franklin’s Autobiography there are many themes displayed; self-improvement and religion, seem to stand out as two of the major subjects that Franklin was focused on.
Benjamin Franklin once said “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, a scientist, one of America’s founding fathers, a statesman, a diplomat, and many other things. Since Ben Franklin was a scientist and an inventor, he would think that a good education was of the utmost importance. He did many useful things in his lifetime. Some of his greatest contributions are his many inventions.
