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Benjamin Franklin was apprenticed to his older brother James, who was a Boston printer. He worked for his brother from 1718 to 1723, when he ran away to Philadelphia.
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Who was born January 17 1706 in Boston the tenth son of a soap maker and who started working for his brother as a printer's apprentice?
Benjamin Franklin's brother, James, began printing The New England Courant, the first "newspaper" in Boston. Young Benjamin Franklin worked for his brother because their father could not afford to send him to school to become a clergyman, which his father preferred.
What career did Benjamin Franklin learn from his brother and how did this career contribute to his education M?
Ben Franklin's brother, James, taught him the printing trade as an indentured apprentice. James, his wife Ann and Ben started publishing the Courant in Boston in 1721.
Was Benjamin Franklin a printer?
Yes. He was an apprentice to his brother who was a printer and had a Boston newspaper.
When did benjamin franklin start school?
Ben attended the Boston Latin school until about 7-8 years old and then his father pulled him out to apprentice with a candlemaker. Eventually he became an apprentice to his brother a printer.
Why did Ben Franklin run away from home to philadelphia?
Born and raised in Boston, Franklin worked as an apprentice in his brother's printing business to learn the trade. After working for him for five years, he became fed up with his strict brother, and in 1723, at the age of 17, he moved to Philadelphia where he again worked in the printing trade.
Who began the Boston massacre?
The person who started it was a wig makers apprentice named Edward Gerrish who told Captain Lieutenant John Goldfinch he had not payed his masters bill. !
When did the Boston Massacre get started?
The Boston Massacre started March 5, 1770
Why did Benjamin Franklin run away at 17 years old?
When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first "newspaper" in Boston. Though there were two papers in the city before James's Courant, they only reprinted news from abroad. James's paper carried articles, opinion pieces written by James's friends, advertisements, and news of ship schedules.Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew that James would never let him, so he started writing amazing letters and got famous for it behind james back, james found out and became jelous that he was so famous, so jame beat him and bejamen ran away.
Where did the Boston bombing took place?
It started downtown Boston
What is Atticus's brother's occupation?
a doctor in boston.
What kind of education did Benjamin Franklin have?
No. He was only in a formal education until about 7 or 8 years old when his father pulled him out to apprentice with a candlemaker. Later, he was an apprentice with his brother in the printing business.
What two events happened in Boston before American Revolutionary war started?
The two events that happened in Boston before the American Revolutionary War started were the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party.
