Benjamin Franklin by Kaitlin Rancier https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz Founding Fathers Project en-us 2022-02-16 18:22:39 UTC 2022-02-22 18:30:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Background information kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2051603747 He grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He was in the Low class(tenth son of a soap and candle maker).]]> 2022-02-16 18:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2051603747 State they represented kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2051612845 2022-02-16 18:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2051612845 Occupation kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2051621085 He negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris]]> 2022-02-16 18:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2051621085 Slaveholder? kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2051621607 Benjamin Franklin was a slave holder in the 1740’s.]]> 2022-02-16 18:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2051621607 Citations kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2053757016 Andrews, Evan. “11 Surprising Facts about Benjamin Franklin.” HISTORY, 31 Aug. 2018, www.history.com/news/11-surprising-facts-about-benjamin-franklin.

What Franklin Thought of the Constitution.” Pieces of History, 8 Jan. 2016, prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/09/17/what-franklin-thought-of-the-constitution/.


“Benjamin Franklin.” Army.mil, 2019, history.army.mil/books/RevWar/ss/franklin.htm.]]> 2022-02-17 17:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2053757016 kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2053839173 2022-02-17 18:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2053839173 Role in the American Revolution kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2053871691 Benjamin served in the second continental congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776.]]> 2022-02-17 18:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2053871691 3 interesting facts kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2055674161 1. He only had 2 years of formal education
2. He was a fashion icon in France
3. He’s a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
4. He was the 15th child]]> 2022-02-18 17:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2055674161 Federalist/Anti-Federalist kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2055682338 Benjamin Franklin was a Federalist.]]> 2022-02-18 17:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2055682338 How did they feel about the Constitution? Why? kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2055762179
There were arguments about how the number of Representatives in the House should be determined, how treaties should be signed, how roads should be built, canals dug, tariffs weighed. On September 17, 1787 Benjamin Franklin said: “I confess that there are several parts of this constitution which I do not at present approve, but I an not sure I shall never approve them: For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise. It is therefore that the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.”

]]> 2022-02-18 18:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2055762179 Did their state ratify the Constitution? What role did they play? kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061088645 Yes, Pennsylvania ratified the Constitution and Benjamin was a delegate to the convention that produced the U.S. Constitution.]]> 2022-02-22 17:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061088645 Were they in favor of the major compromises? kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061101885 Yes, Benjamin Franklin was for a big compromise that split the legislature into 2 branches. The 3/5 compromise is “All other persons” would be counted as 3/5 of a person, meaning 3/5 of slave population would be counted for representation purposes.]]> 2022-02-22 18:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061101885 Current political topic kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061130307 For my political topic I chose legalizing marijuana. I think Benjamin Franklin would have been on either side for this. When the Constitution passed, he stated his opinion and he said that he did not agree with some things in the Constitution but he said that might change over the years. ]]> 2022-02-22 18:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061130307 kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061133408 2022-02-22 18:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061133408 How influential Benjamin Franklin was in the Constitutional Convention kaitlinr06 https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061142470 Benjamin Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was one of its signers, represented the United States in France during the American Revolution, and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. During the American Revolution, he also served in the Second Continental Congress. Ben Franklin’s contributions have changed the beginnings and future prospects of American political, international, educational and social life. ]]> 2022-02-22 18:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlinr06/hg8b6tn9j3ablwiz/wish/2061142470