Ben Franklin was one of the most amazing geniuses ever. Ben was born in the year 1706. He grew up being educated and reading all the time. Later he was apprenticed to his brother as a printer. Then he ran away to Philadelphia. As an adult, he had many parts to play in the making of America. One of the most important things he did was to sign the Declaration of Independence. Once the war had started, he was sent to France to encourage the French to be allies of America and to help fight the British. While he was in France, spies were watching him. He knew he was being watched so he decided to never do anything in private that he wouldn't do in public.
Apart from helping out in the war, Ben Franklin invented numerous things and had many ideas: Bifocals,glasses that had nearsighted and farsighted in lenses in each frame;
the Glass Armonica, a musical instrument mad up of 27 glass bowls that makes a beautiful noise.
Poor Richards Almanac, an almanac full of humor, wit, and wisdom;and how lightning is electricity, which he discovered in a storm when he was flying a kite with a small metal bar on top.
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