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[|A Quick Biography] [|A Timeline Of Benjamin Franklin] [|Benjamin Franklin A-Z]

__Essential Questions:__
Works Cited
 * 1) **Why was Ben Franklin considered the First American?** Answer!
 * 2) **What was Ben Franklins purpose of writing The Poor Richards Almanac?** The Answer!
 * 3) **Which of his inventions influenced America the most and why? Answer**
 * Facts:**
 * 1) He created daylight savings time, fire departments, and the first fire insurance company.
 * 2) He discovered electricity.
 * 3) He drew the first political cartoon.
 * 4) Incouraged everyone to eat vitamin C, before it was even discovered.
 * 5) He published the Pennsylvania Gazette.
 * 6) Wrote the [|Poor Richards Almanac]
 * 7) When he was sixteen he experimented with vegetarianism to save money to buy books.
 * 8) He is the oldest person to sign the Declaration of Independence.
 * 9) His quotes are used every day, and he is the most quotable person in American history.
 * 10) He sold some of his books to come to America and he was only seventeen.
 * 11) He was the only one to sign all four documents that gained America's Independence from the British the documents were:
 * -Declaration of Indepence (1776)
 * -The Treaty of Alliance, Amity, and Commerce with France (1778)
 * -The Treaty of Peace (1782)
 * -The Constitution (1787)