What are some facts about Benjamin Franklin?

Answer 1

Benjamin Franklin was at the age of seventy when he signed the Declaration of Independence.

He liked apples, cranberries, parmesan cheese

He introduced rhubarb, and tofu to the colonies He had a pet lizard named Mozart

Established the first fire department ever

Nickname was "Water American"

When he was 16, he became a vegetarian so he could spend his money on books instead of meat

He was the first mailman in Philadelphia

He didn't like math

1. Benjamin Franklin was the ninth child out of eleven children.
2. Ben Franklin was born in Boston on 1-17-1706.
3. Benjamin's father was Josiah a candle/soap maker and his mother was Abiah.
4. Ben Franklin ran away when his father couldn't give him any money. He traveled 50 miles to find a work.
5. He was a civil worker, inventor, a founding father, scientist, publisher & author, and held many political positions such as Minister to France which caused frequent travel to other countries.
6. He was the only person to sign the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Treaty of Paris of 1776.
7. Benjamin Franklin died an abolitionist at April 17 of 1790.
8. He was 84 when he died. Interesting fact about Benjamin Franklin is that he invented urinary catheter
9. In fact, the difference in years between Josiah Franklin's eldest and youngest children was an entire generation.

   As a young lad, Benjamin Franklin wrote his name in a fancy manner. However, once a venerable old man saw the pompous signature and replied, "What fool's name is this?" After that incident, Benjamin autographed in a plain and efficient style.

   Having already seen one son leave to serve on a ship, Josiah sought to discourage Benjamin's inclination for the sea, getting him apprenticed to his brother instead.

   Inspired by his namesake uncle Benjamin, young Ben composed historical ballads (one was about the pirate Blackbeard) that were printed by his brother James in his fledgling print shop. The poems sold well.

   Benjamin attributed his love of independence to the many years he spent as an apprentice to his autocratic brother James. Franklin wrote that his brother's "harsh and tyrannical treatment of me might be a means of impressing me with that aversion to arbitrary power that has stuck to me through my whole life."

   When Benjamin was sixteen, he experimented with vegetarianism in order to save money to buy more books.

   When Benjamin Franklin first arrived in Philadelphia, he had nothing but a Dutch shilling and three cents to his name. In many respects, he had severed his ties with his family back in Boston.