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Benjamin Franklin - Timeline

  • 1706 -- Born in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • 1718 -- Apprentice with brother James in printing shop.
  • 1728 -- Opens printing office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • 1729 -- Becomes sole owner and publisher of Pennsylvania Gazette.
  • 1731 -- Founds first public library.
  • 1748 -- Retires from printing.
  • 1752 -- Kite experiment.
  • 1757 -- Goes to England as colonial representative.
  • 1776 -- Signs Declaration of Independence.
  • 1778 -- Negotiates Treaty of Alliance with France.
  • 1782 -- Negotiates Treaty of Peace with Great Britain.
  • 1787 -- Signs the Consitution of the United States.
  • 1790 -- Dies in Philadelphia.

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