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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (Unit 2: Developing a New Nation)
THE SCIENTIST
•Discovered Electricity
• Invented Bifocal glasses
• Improved the odometer
• Franklin stove (produced
more heat and less
smoke)• MANY OTHERS
THE WRITER
Poor Richard’s Almanack- published every year 1733-1753
• weather forecasts
• practical household hints,
• puzzles
• popular for its extensive use of wordplay, and some of the
witty phrases
“God helps them who help themselves”
THE WRITER
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin• Published after his death• Four Parts
1. To his son, William2. Letters in Paris3. Return to Philadelphia4. His last 6 months
THE POLITICIAN
The Albany Plan of Union • A plan to unite the colonies
• Council of representatives
• Power over the western settlements and Native American
relations
• Organize ARMIES
• COLLECT TAXES (to pay for the armies)
• The colonial assemblies REJECTED it because they wanted to
control their own taxes and armies
THE POLITICIAN
Created by Franklin in 1754 and published in his newspaper, the Philadelphia Gazette.
A plea for unity in defending the colonies during the French and Indian War.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS• The right of journalist to publish the truth without
restriction or penalty
John Peter Zenger• Publisher of the new York Weekly Journal• Arrested for printing a series of articles that criticized the
governor• Charged with LIBEL (the publishing of statements that
damage a person’s reputation
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
John Peter Zenger trial• Wrote about the governor• Everything was FACTS• At the time, under American law, libel meant UNTRUE statements
• A JURY FOUND HIM NOT GUILTY
Significance= press has a right and responsibility to keep the public informed of the truth
ASSIGNMENT
•Read “How I Became a Printer” by Benjamin Franklin on page 124-125
•Analyze Literature: Write a letter to the New England Courant expressing your opinion about the fairness of unfairness of being made an apprentice at the age of 12.