Founding Father Project by Ashly Corona https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g en-us 2023-01-23 17:36:03 UTC 2023-01-25 17:45:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 1706- Benjamin Franklin was born in the city of Boston being the youngest son of Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453637479 2023-01-23 17:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453637479 1720- Moved out of his house into a boarding house. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453647166 This is benjamin franklin's house when he was young.]]> 2023-01-23 17:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453647166 1721- Benjamin's Brother James, started publishing The New England Courant, the first American newspaper to use literary content and humorous essays. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453649973 2023-01-23 17:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453649973 1725- Benjamin Published his first pamphlet in London “A Dissertation on Liberty & Necessity, Pleasure and Pain”. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453653448 2023-01-23 17:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453653448 1730- Elected the official government printer for Pennsylvania. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453656264 2023-01-23 17:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453656264 1743- Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read had a daughter, Sarah who they call “Sally”. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453658702 2023-01-23 17:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453658702 1748- Took David Hall as partner and Franklin retired from the daily operations of his printing business. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453660555 2023-01-23 18:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453660555 1757- Franklin was elected to go to England as a colonial agent. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453662117 2023-01-23 18:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453662117 1765- The Stamp Act was passed by the House of Commons. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453663228 2023-01-23 18:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453663228 1776- Franklin was appointed as part of the committee of 5 who drafted the Declaration of Independence. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453665002 2023-01-23 18:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2453665002 1778- Negotiated Treaty of Alliance with France. France declared war on Great Britain. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455045852 2023-01-24 17:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455045852 1783-John Adams, John Jay and Benjamin Franklin signed the Treaty of Paris which put an end to the war between the colonies and Great Britain. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455047641 2023-01-24 17:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455047641 1787- Benjamin signed the United States Constitution. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455049129 2023-01-24 17:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455049129 1788- Franklin wrote his will for his daughter. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455052796 2023-01-24 17:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455052796 1789- Benjamin was elected president for pennsylvania. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455054180 2023-01-24 17:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455054180 1790-April 17 – Franklin died at age 84. He is buried in Christ Church burial ground in Philadelphia. The cause of his death was pleurisy. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455057014 2023-01-24 17:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455057014 Benjamin franklin was the first to chart the gulf stream. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455060361 2023-01-24 17:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455060361 How would history have been different without the contributions of your Founding Father? Franklin was directly involved with editing the Declaration of Independence, was a trusted voice at the Constitutional Convention, which led to the United States Constitution, and was integral to writing the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the Revolutionary War. acorona206477 https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455064580 2023-01-24 17:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/acorona206477/45rts6q4maa1mb2g/wish/2455064580