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Benjamin Franklin
This category is for questions about the multi-talented Benjamin Franklin, who managed to be a scientist, politician, and just about everything in-between.
2,328 Questions
What were ben Franklin's hobbies?
Benjamin Franklin was deeply interested in the scientific world. He also liked to write.
In his childhood he liked swimming and building. That's what I can say off the top of my head, I hope it helps!
Why did Benjamin Franklin go to Paris?
Because he was a philosipher a doctor. For nearly sixteen years between 1757 and 1775, Dr Benjamin Franklin - scientist, diplomat, philosopher, inventor, Founding Father of the United States and more - lived behind its doors. Built circa 1730, it is today a dynamic museum and educational facility.
When did Benjamin Franklin invent the light bulb?
Benjamin Franklin did not invent the light bulb. He conducted experiments with electricity. Thomas Edison was the inventor of the light bulb. However, as with most inventions, Edison built upon the work of others.
What was Benjamin Franklin's role at the constitutional convention?
== == The Constitiutional Convention formed just three years before Franklin died. He was very weak and suffering from gall stones, so he had James Wilson deliver his speech.
Earlier, when the Articles of Confederation were formed, Franklin outlined his idea for our American system of government.
What happened after Benjamin Franklin touched the key on the kite experiment?
He got electrified by the thunder in the air and created electricity.
What was Benjamin Franklin's importance in the Revolutionary war?
Well, there are many answers, but here is an important one. Benjamin Franklin was sent to France by the colonists in order to get the Treaty of Alliance. When in France, his enjoyable and funny self made him become popular. He was well known and famous throughout France. In this doing, he convinced France to help the Americans out by telling them that if the British won, they would have more power. France already hated Britain so they agreed to help. They traded secretly through Ben Franklin and this ended up helping the Americans win the American Revolution.
What were Ben Franklin's last words?
In 1728, when Franklin was 22, he composed a mock epitaph, which is well-known today:
The body of
B. Franklin, Printer
Like the Cover of an Old Book
Its Contents torn Out
And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding)
Lies Here, Food for Worms.
But the Work shall not be Lost;
For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More
In a New and More Elegant Edition
Revised and Corrected
By the Author.
However, his gravemarker reads simply:
BENJAMIN
And
DEBORAHFRANKLIN1790
Did Benjamin Banneker know what he wanted to become in the future as a child?
Yes,he loved math,astronomy,and inventing
Did benjamin franklin get hit by a truck?
If Franklin did indeed fly a kite into a thuderstorm as folklore states, the charge of electricity down the wet twine would not have been enough to seriously shock him. There was a risk of lightning being directed to him, but this would likely have burned up the kite and twine rather than Franklin.
What are the similarities between George Washington and Benjamin Franklin?
because his parents liked to sape other womans and suck them and suck there fick
Did Benjamin Franklin grow up poor or rich?
Benjamin was pulled from school to support the family. He worked for his dad making candles for a while and then was apprenticed to his brother who was a printer. He was often treated badly until he basically escaped. He educated himself and is the epitome of the self-made man.
How did Benjamin Franklin prove electricity?
Benjamin Franklin proved that lightning is electricity by flying a kite in a storm with a key attached to the kite.
What does Benjamin mean when he says well done is better than well said?
it means that if you do something it better than saying it. for example if nobody cleans and you start to clean its better than complaining to nobody is cleaning
Who helped Benjamin Franklin invent the Lightning Rod?
The lightning Rod was not dicovered, it was invented. The way to use the lightning rod was discovered however. Ive done a lot of looking up on this subject but never found the name of the person responsible for inventing the lightning Rod.
Did Benjamin Franklin die in a duel?
No, Benjamin Franklin did not die in a duel. He died from a pleuritic attack when he was 84 which was most likely a result of his obesity.
to get the colonies to unite together in order to defend themselves.
What did Benjamin Franklin want the colonies become?
He wanted the colonies to be independent and free from the British. This was why he was so involved into doing as many things as he could to make that possible.
What are some interesting facts about Benjamin Franklin?
He was the 15th child of 17.
He had 7 sisters
He had 9 brothers
He was born on January 17, 1706
his birth was in Boston Massachusetts
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin was the ninth child out of eleven children.
- Ben Franklin was born in Boston on 1-17-1706.
- Benjamin's father was Josiah a candle/soap maker and his mother was Abiah.
- Ben Franklin ran away when his father couldn't give him any money. He traveled 50 miles to find a work.
- 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.
- He was the only person to sign the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and the Treaty of Paris of 1776.
- Benjamin Franklin died an abolitionist at April 17 of 1790.
- He was 84 when he died. Interesting fact about Benjamin Franklin is that he invented urinary catheter
- 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.
There is a great deal that is interesting about him. He was forced to quit school by his father at 7 and punished for reading. His father had him as an apprentice to a candle maker and that didn't work out so he was sent to his brother to apprentice in the printing business. While he was an apprentice his brother was arrested for writing against the king. Ben kept the business going until his brother was freed, but his brother forced him to sign another 7 year apprentice contract. At this time he was 17 years old so he ran away from Boston and ended up in Philadelphia where he kept a home the rest of his life. He helped with the Declaration of Independence, served in France getting money for the war, took part at 81 years old in the constitutional convention, was a writer, inventor, started schools, libraries, and fire departments. He left a bank account that the city of Philadelphia had to leave alone until 2000.
The Electric Stove was invented in 1896 by a certain Groff Copeman.
What are Ben Franklin's aphorisms?
One-line sayings, or aphorisms, like Franklin's are usually good advice, provided that we apply them with a dose of our own common sense. Such sayings survive, not because they were uttered by famous people (who often read them in the works of earlier famous people), but because they make sense and describe effective ways of dealing with the world. They last because they are valuable information.
See this website for several: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
