Important Things to Know
--Apprentice to his printer brother
--Owned and ran a book store
--Bought and ran the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper
--Wrote and published Poor RIchard's Almanac
--Organized Philadelphia's first volunteer fire department
--Proved electricity existed in only one form
--Invented Franklin stove, bifocal, rocking chair, swim fins,
--Statesman to England and France during the Revolutionary War
--Elected to serve in the Second Continental Congress and to the Constitutional
--Convention where he signed the Constitution
--Strongly opposed slavery
Watch this short video to see facts about Ben Franklin's life "in a nutshell"