Benjamin Franklin Quotes

 Americans will always keep in mind Benjamin Franklin as one our founding fathers. This is because Benjamin Franklin was not just the most well-known citizen of our country's birth and founding, but also an integral part of that birth that he is called "The First American."As one of the members of the Second Continental Congress, Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence. As a member of the Constitutional Convention, he helped draft the Constitution.However, Franklin's role in our founding has been eclipsed in modern memory by his many other accomplishments. He was an ingenious inventor, from his trademark bifocals to the Franklin Stove and artificial fertilizer. He published Poor Richard's Almanac and ran his own newspaper. He also created the first political cartoons in the colonies. He also founded the University of Pennsylvania and America's first public library and hospital. His discoveries went far beyond his famous kite experiments, such as the identification of lead poisoning and the mapping of ocean currents