This report tells of the many accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, and of how he became known as a hero of America. It explains how he rose from poverty by working hard. The report spreads out Ben Franklin's life and the accomplishments he made during it, all from his birth to his death. You will find the discoveries and inventions he made, the way traveled in his life, and how he did all he could to improve society. When you finish reading this, your questions about Benjamin Franklin will be answered and you will know why he is considered one of America's greatest heroes.
             Benjamin Franklin is one of the few people in American history that can truly be called a hero. He was born in 1796 and died in the year 1790, living to be eighty-four years old. He was the son of a poor Boston candle maker, by the name of Josiah Franklin, and had sixteen brothers and sisters. At the age of eight, Benjamin enters grammar school for two years. Two years later, he became his father's assistant in making candles. In 1718, Ben begins assisting his brother, James, in printing. In three years Franklin made a living by writing poems and ballads, and then selling them in printed form. In the year 1723, he breaks his indenture and moves from Boston to Philadelphia. While there, he finds employment in Keimer's printing office. In 1724 he is persuaded by Governor Keith to establish himself independently, and so Ben goes to England at the age of eighteen and opens a small printing shop their. After two years there, he returns to Philadelphia and becomes the manager of Ke!
             imer's printing house. At the age of twenty-two, he opens another printing office with Hugh Meredith after Keimer dies. The next year he opens a stationer's shop. In the year 1730, when he was twenty-four, he gets married to Rebecca Read. A year later, he founds the first the first public library in, the Philadelphia Library. In 1732, he prints the first ...