Benjamin+Franklin

Benjamin Franklin By:Lauren Benjamin Franklin was a very good man. He was born on January 17, 1706 in the city of Boston. Ben was a famous inventor, writer, printer, scientist, and statesman. Ben was the youngest of 17 children. When Ben was 17 years old he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylavania. Ben went to England and stayed there for 5 years as a represititve for the colanies. Ben made friends with people in England. He came back home in 1762. People in the colanies were talking about war, it was Ben's job to keep peace because he was a piatrot. He went back to England and in may of 1775. when the Declration of Independs was sighed and sent the war begain.When thretarted he had to go to Pennsylavania because he wasin Boston. He went to alk to the represintitives. They said that they must act aginst King George III. in June of 1776 Tomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence. Ben was one of the people that chose tomas to write it. On the 4 of July the letter was sent to the king and the war hade begun. The Revalotion ended on October 17, 1781.Ben ended a great life when he was 84. He died of old age because back in the old days people did not live very long. He did on April 17, 1790. Over 20,000 people went to his funral. We will always remember Ben a good man.