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HorsiehorseAnswerWhat strongly influenced his actions is his love for books. He read everything within his reach.He also developed a love...
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Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik Aryabhatta Aryabhata was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the...
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Yes he basically wrote many theories on electricity. So he was a physicist
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, an elder statesman, and a signer of the Declaration of...
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According to the New Zodiac dates, he is a Sagittarius. But because he was born before they changed the symbol dates, I believe...
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Ben Franklin said that an ounce of prevention is greater than a pound of cure, because it is easier to prevent a...
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He went to Boston Latin School before he, for financial reasons, transferred to Mr. George Brownell's School for Writing and...
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Franklin was raised Calvinist, but briefly visited and contributed to a Presbytarian Church (a friend of his was the minister,...
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He told them that the taxes were getting to high and they weren't being treaded fairly and decided he was right. Answer He...
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It is like a metal box with a chimney flue. Its big advantage is compared to a fireplace. In a fireplace, a huge fraction of the...
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It was a failed diplomacy. But eventually a successful revolution happened for America.
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Ben Franklin, although born in Massachusetts, lived in Pennsylvania for most of his life and as such represented Pennsylvania at...
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He wrote 4 and started another but didnt finish due to his death
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Because he liked to learn.
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AnswerBenjamin Franklin was one of many delegates whose job was to think of ideas that should be implemented into the...
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He claimed to have suggested the phrase, "self evident" in place of Jefferson's original, "sacred and undeniable." Michael...
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There's the Bifocals, Glass Armonica, Odometer, and the Lighting rod
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In 1728, when Franklin was 22, he composed a mock epitaph, which is well-known today: The body of B. Franklin, Printer Like the...
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Silence Dogood, Caelia Shortface & Martha Careful, Busy Body, Anthony Afterwit, Alice Addertongue, Robert Saunders, Polly...
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I found 3 poems, but there could be more. I used a site that was the offical site on him so I am pretty sure it is just 3.
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Where in the world did you ever get the impression that Benjamin Franklin was willing to "fight" for freedom from England?...
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Ben Franklin claimed in his autobiography to never go out shooting, as it would appear that he had leisure time and was not...
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Franklin had a simple formula for success. He believed that successful people worked just a little harder than other people.
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No, he was not ever the President of the US, not even temporarily or as a result of the death of a sitting President. Franklin...
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He died in Philadelphia on April 17, 1790. He was 84 years of old. It is believed he had some sort of condition in his lungs,...
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers and a genius. He was the colonies' ambassador to France and convinced the...
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Inventions Bifocals Catheter Franklin Stove Glass Armonica Lightning Rod Odometer Ideas and Discoveries Daylight...
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AnswerBecause he believed what it said and thought America should be independent. Michael MontagneBenjamin Franklin signed the...
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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of a poor soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's...
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers and a genius. He helped create the American system of government. However, he...
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Ben Franklin has experiences with fire departments (, since he invented the 13 colonies' first one), lightning and electricity,...
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He was a printer, writer, and an avid reader. He wrote Poor Richard's Almanack, his autobiography, and even his own epitaph. He...
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because it was so long and detailed
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Ben Franklin was a member of the Constitutional Convention. There he helped draft the constitution and was a zelous advocate of...
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yes! :)
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He didn't actually *write* any of it. The development of the rules and governmental structure specified in the constitution was...
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He was 84 years of age when he died in 1790. Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706, and was 70 years old when the US declared...
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Salvino D'Armate is credited with inventing the first wearable eyeglasses in 1284. However, Egyptian hieroglyphs dating to the...
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he did agree with the ratification of the constitution
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Benjamin Franklin did not discover electricity when his kite was struck by lightning in 1752. In fact, electricity was already...
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The United States, though during the American Revolution he spent a lot of time in France.
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In 1736 Benjamin Franklin created the first fire department in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and in 1752 he was responsible for...
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Many denominations of today’s Federal Reserve Notes feature portraits of men regarded as Founding Fathers of the country because...
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none He did invent swim fins at age eleven. However, his were attached to the hands instead of the feet.
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His most important contribution was the Great Compromise. One of the major sticking points was the question of whether...
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Yes. He had 2 sons named William and Francis and a daughter named Sarah.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American public official, writer, scientist, and printer who played a major part in the American...
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Benjamin Franklin may have been the first to report this effect. A line in his Autobiography states: "He that has once done you...
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Ben Franklin had 12 siblings, not including him. His five older brothers: Samuel, Josiah Jr., John, Peter, and James. His two...
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No he Never was President but because of his great help in Our American Colonies independence from Britain he is honored on the...
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yes he was. the most perfect example.
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The Constitiutional Convention formed just three years before Franklin died. He was very weak and suffering from gall stones, so...
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Among other things: bifocals, the lightening rod, the Franklin stove, and the odometer. Even though he had more, he was very...
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When a storm cloud passed over Franklin's kite the negative charges in the cloud leaked onto his kite, his kite string, his key,...
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He was a printer, inventor, scientist, and postmaster.
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What Benjamin Franklin Wanted He wanted the colonies to be independent and free from the British. This was why he was so involved...
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It was a book of advice, farming information, recipes, and home cures. In the spaces in the almanac were proverbs written by...
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Benjamin Franklin was the ambassador sent by the Americans to ask France for help. He was successful. France ended up helping the...
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He thought it should have been the country's bird instead of the bald eagle.
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Yes Benjamin Franklin was a mason!
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He had a common law marriage with Deborah Read. (Her first husband actually left her without granting her a divorce.) She was...
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He wasn't exactly a spy, but he did act as a sort of counteragent. During the Revolutionary War, he was America's ambassador to...
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armonica, franklin stove, lightning rod, bifocals, and daylight savings time. also i believe he had something to do with the...
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Franklin both owned and sold slaves, a fact that is hardly touched on in most biographies. David Waldstreicher, in his recent...
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she died unexpectedly of a stroke.
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Kyle Fairlie, but he's in a band called Down With Webster now, and calls himself Kap Ten.
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Yes he did. First times answering hope i am rite
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In answer to your question, Benjamin Franklin did many things, including; -inventing numerous things (most famously bifocals, the...
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According to the Online "Franklin Institute", Benjamin Franklin married Deborah Read Rogers in 1730. She died in 1774. While Ben...
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There are not one, but many. One most people use that they do not know is attributed to him is "snug as a bug in a rug." Some...
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Benjamin Franklin did many things, including; -inventing numerous things (most famously bifocals, the lightning rod, and the...
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Benjamin Franklin married Deborah Read Rogers in 1730. She died in 1774.
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Depends on where it was minted and the condition of the coin. The type of half dollar minted during this time is a Benjamin...
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Benjamin Franklin had an illegitimate son named William. With Deborah Read Franklin he had two children. Francis Folger Franklin...
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Benjamin Franklin owned at least two slaves, George and King, before becoming an avid abolitionist in the years following the...
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Benjamin Franklin married Deborah read in 1730. They had a daughter Sally who married Richard Bache. And an illegimate sone...
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the discovery of electricity and all its myriad uses was arguably called the greatest discovery of the past century
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He lived 84 years in America! DO THE MATH!
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He made librarys.He was the first person to do this.
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He just invented it i don't know why he never tell us...
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1954 is not a rare year for Franklin halves. 1964 and earlier halves are 90% silver. In average condition their retail value is...
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Franklin was a member of the learned societies of many nations. Among these were the Royal Society, which awarded him its...
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For his major study, Elements, Euclid collected the work of many mathematicians who preceded him. Among these were Hippocrates of...
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In 1761, Ben Franklin invented a glass armonica.
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Benjamin Franklin died on April 17, 1790, at the age of 84. It is believed he had some sort of condition in his lungs, but...
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Josiah and Abiah Folger FranklinBenjamin Franklin was the eighth child born to Josiah and Abiah Folger Franklin (Josiah's second...
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He discovered Electricity!Benjamin Franklin was a legend in his own time. He was the most famous American of the 1700s. Just like...
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He had three children: William (Royal Governor of New Jersey; Loyalist), Francis Folger (died of smallpox at age four), and Sarah...
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It is considered lucky. Many couples about to get married will kiss and toss a penny onto the grave for good fortune in marriage....
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no not at all
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I think that Ben Franklin actually realized that slavery was a wrong thing to do.Why treat people like someting they shouldn't...
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ben lived in Philidelphia Boston Paris London Versalaites
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William Franklin, who was the last Loyalist Governor of New Jersey was born in 1731 and died in 1813. He was also an illegitimate...
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