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What did Ben Franklin do?

Updated: 8/22/2023
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13y ago

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In answer to your question, Benjamin Franklin did many things, including;

-inventing numerous things (most famously bifocals, the lightning rod, and the Franklin stove)

-accomplishing his kite-and-key experiment. proving lightning to be electricity which may be harnessed

-serving as the colonies' ambassador to France and managing to get an alliance between the two

-writing Poor Richard's Almanac and his autobiography

-creating the Pennsylvania Gazette

-being a founding father: laying out the 3 branches of government, serving on the Continental Congress, etc


Benjamin Franklin was truly a talented man. He was an inventor, he was a scientist, he was a diplomat, and he was a politician.

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  • Inventor
  • writer
  • publisher
  • printer
  • founding father
  • signer of the Declaration and constitution
  • Ambassador to France
  • founder of the first fire department
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Ben was 1. Writer 2. Editor of the declaration/ signed the declaration 3. Inventor of Franklin stove, bifocals, lightening rods 4. Diplomat 5. At the constitutional convention 6. Began schools 7. Started the first fire department in Philadelphia 8. Opened the Philadelphia library 9. Left a bank account for Philadelphia that couldn't be opened until 1999.

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12y ago

invented double spectacles, created franklin stove, published poor richard's almanack, created first volunteer fire department, organized a militia for philadelphia, invented the ligtning rod, and invented the glass harmonica

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He invented electricity, bifocals, he established the first fire station in philidelphia, and he was the frst post master general and he figured out how we would send mail.

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12y ago

Benjamin Franklin made stuff and discovered electricity

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14y ago

There is no Benjermin Franklin. Only a Benjamin Franklin, who discovered electricity.

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11y ago

Benjamin Franklin was an inventor (Lightning rod), and was a huge part of the American Revolution. He was part of the Declaration of Dependence

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