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by being a inventer printer and signing the declaration of independance.

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Benjamin Franklin is famous for discovering electricity by getting struck by lightning while holding a kite with a key tied to the end of it. he also did a lot of other things. too many to name.

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Among the things Benjamin Franklin is famous for include:

  • inventing bifocals, the lightning rod, glass harmonica, catheters, and the Franklin stove
  • serving as the colonies' ambassador to France and managing to get an alliance with France during the Revolution
  • writing Poor Richard's Almanac and his autobiography
  • creating of the Pennsylvania Gazette
  • being a founding father: laying out the 3 branches of government, serving on the Continental Congress, etc
  • being a genius
  • Experiments with lightning
  • Being a wealthy self made publisher
  • Being a ladies man (in France)
  • one of the signers of the Unites States Constitution.

    (September 17, 1787)

  • oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
  • first Postmaster General of the United States
  • started the first free libraries

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He was a founding father of the United States. (As well as being a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.)

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Ben Franklin is famous for makeing electricity by tying a key to the end of his kite and flying it in a sorm.

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Benjamin Franklin is famous for beginning the study of lighting and that it is a discharge of electricity.

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For signing the United States constitution, discovered electricity, and making inventions.

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He was famous for discovering electricity.

Neat Fact: Benjamin Franklin also invented the rocking chair!

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In brief, Benjamen Franklin is known for discovering electricity, and helping craft the Declaration of Independence.

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Many things but mostly for founding Ben and Jerry ice cream

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