One of the most influential writers of the Revolutionary Period was Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was responsible for many important inventions that totally changed everyday life. Franklin also wrote some of the most important works of the 18th century.
In 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, this very important person in our country's history was born. Franklin was the tenth son of seventeen children. He did not come from a very wealthy family. His father was a poor soap and candle maker that owned who owned his own trade shop. Franklin learned how to right and read at an early age. He attended one year of formal grammar and one year under a private teacher. He ended his education at the age of twelve to learn a trade.
Franklin became a printer's apprentice to his older half -brother James who also owned his own trade shop. Franklin soon began to teach himself how to read and write effectively ("Franklin, Benjamin." Britannica. 531). When Franklin worked for his brother he started publishing his first works. At the age of sixteen, Franklin set off on his own.
Franklin left his home and went to Philadelphia. With his acquired skills as an expert printer, he soon found work and then later set up his own thriving print shop. He retired from the printing business at the age of forty-two. Along with being a self-made man, Franklin did many things that without them we would not be living in the world we do today.
Benjamin Franklin was a great inventor and idealist. Among his many inventions are the reading bifocals, lightning rod, and the Franklin stove, which provides more heat with less wood than a open fire place. Franklin also did many experiments. He studied .
the Gulf Stream, Fossils of various creatures, and natural phenomenons like earthquakes, tornados, and lighting storms. He also did experiments and studies are in the field of electricity. Franklin will always be remembered for daringly flying his kite in a lightning storm ("Franklin, Benjamin.