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Benjamin Franklin was an influential writer, 

inventor, scientist, musician, author, and 

delegate, throughout his early childhood years 

to his late adult ones.

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17th, 

1706, on Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts 

("Benjamin Franklin").

He was so interested because he had never 

finished school, thus bringing an unusual 

learning attitude towards reading and writing 

("Benjamin Franklin").

He dropped out of school at age 10 to work in his father's 

candle-making business. "Having read widely, at a young age, Franklin became 

interested in the ideas of the Enlightenment" ("Franklin, Benjamin").

He wanted to prove to his father that he wasn't 

a complete idiot for not completing school 

("Benjamin Franklin").

He made it because after the war, the colonists were in 

a depression, and he wanted to help them ("Benjamin 

Franklin"). 

He founded the Night Watch because he was 

disgusted by crime, and he didn't want the 

colonists to suffer any further ("Benjamin 

Franklin").

He was always interested in politics, and he had been 

in many public offices before "Franklin brought his clear-headed, 

rational thinking to all endeavors." ("Franklin, Benjamin").

He didn't want buildings to get brutally damaged by 

lightning storms. "He made countless contributions to the public 

thinking of his day, to everyday life through his inventions" ("Franklin, 

Benjamin").

He was tired of using two sets of glasses for 

reading and seeing far away....(lazy, much?) 

("Franklin, Benjamin").

He was tired of drafty houses, and his stove was 

used to conserve firewood ("Franklin, Benjamin").

He sailed to France at the beginning of the 

American Revolution to gain help from France 

("Franklin, Benjamin").

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