1. Writing Lightning Benjamin Franklin Michael Jensen 4A

2. Benjamin Franklin

3. Early Life He was the 15th son of 17 children Taught himself physical sciences and advanced math Sent to work for brother

4. Writings Started writing very early Poor Richard’s Almanac and The Pennsylvania Gazette Wrote his autobiography

5. Place in The Enlightenment Big believer of personal and religious freedom Reasonable, Rational and used his own intelligence Interested in scientific method because he did a lot of experiments

6. Most Interesting Fact He wrote an extensive autobiography