Ben Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was an inventor, scientist, statesman, as well as a diplomat. He was also an author and publisher of the Poor Richard: An Almanack. The almanac was famous for its practical advice expressed in short sayings, called "maxims". Born as the 10th son to Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger from a family of 17 children. He went on and married Deborah Read Rogers. They had two sons and a daughter.
             With such a deep interest in science, in 1752, he experimented with electricity by flying a kite during a thunderstorm and proving that lightning is a discharge of electricity. Through this experiment, he would then discover the lightning rod.
             He traveled to Europe many times and educated himself in the way Europeans ran their government.
             In 1776, Ben Franklin helped to draw up the Declaration of Independence and was on the oldest delegates to sign the Declaration at the age of 70 on July 2, 1776.
             In 1787, he was invited as a delegate to the writing of the peace treaty at the Constitutional Convention. The Constitution took many days to write because it had to have the basic rights for all of the people and states. When it came time to write the Constitution, he had many good ideas from Europe that he wanted to add. He wanted our Constitution to be outstanding. When it was completed, everyone would then be able to sign and they would become a union.
             He would die at the age of 84 in Philadelphia on April 17, 1790.
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