Name of your Person my persons name is Benjamin Franklin.
Date and Place of Birth He was born on january 17 1706.
Paragraph describing your person Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Philadelphia on January 17, 1706. He was an incredible man he was an inventor and discoverer of many things. He was the son of Josiah Franklin, his mothers name was Abiah Folger, and all together Josiah was a father of 17. Ben did not go to the school his father intended him to go to because his father didn’t have the money for Ben to go to school for a year and the school only accepted people with an education so he helped his brother James in the paper business but one day James sent out an article making fun of a certain school so James was arrested and Ben was left to run the paper business and he made his own paper with the user name of “silence dogood”. After the release of James instead of thanking Ben for keeping the business going he continuously beat Ben and finally Ben got sick of it and ran away in 1723. Then after this he went on to be an amazing man discovering electricity and creating amazing inventions.
Person’s Accomplishments Benjamin Franklin was a very creative man he made several things such as the bifocal glasses, Stove, lightning rod, and he discovered electricity, and he was one of our four founding fathers.
What specific fact or event in this person’s life was most interesting to you? The fact that made me interested is that he discovered electricity!
Person’s personal strengths & weaknesses The characteristic I think is most like me is that he dared to do things.
Major obstacles, failures and triumphs He has had many triumphs like discovering electricity.
Historical events of the period in which the person lived and how it influenced him/her positively or negatively. (i.e. war, oppression, economic hardship, societal views & values – gender or racial bias) He was in the middle of a war.
Specific people who inspired your person My teacher inspired me about ben by telling me about his achevements.
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