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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