PowerPoint of Benjamin Franklin

1. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin franklin was born in January 17, 1706, Boston,
Massachusetts and died in April 17, 1790, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania

2. Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United
States. He was a leading author, printer, political theorist,
politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist,
statesman, and diplomat.

3. During the American Revolution, he served in the
Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration
of Independence in 1776. He also negotiated the 1783 Treaty of
Paris that ended the Revolutionary War

4. In 1787, he was a Pennsylvania delegate to the
Constitutional Convention. He then ended his convention and
urged his fellow delegates to support the heavily debated new
document.