You have arrived at the statue of Ben Franklin. This statue was made to support Ben Franklin and his signing of the Treaty of Paris. You are standing at Trocadero on Rue Benjamin Franklin. When you look at the statue, there are two pictures and one sentence above each picture. In one picture there is a sentence on top of it. That picture shows Ben Franklin sitting next to other founding fathers here in Paris to sign the Treaty of Paris. The other picture shows Ben Franklin being received in the royal court. Ben Franklin was in Paris because he was a diplomat. Ben Franklin lived in Passy when he lived in Paris on what is now Rue Raynouard. You will also see a tablet on the ground in \honor of the Bicentennial of the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolution. On the tablet it says, “This tablet was offered by the National Society daughters of the American Revolution” to thank the French who sacrificed their lives.
Chapter 1: Who Was Ben Franklin?
Who was Ben Franklin? Ben Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 on Milk Street in Boston. Ben had 16 siblings. Two of them died. One died on a boat. The other one drowned in a soap maker. Ben's father Josiah Franklin was a great businessman. He owned a shop where he sold soap. Ben's father gave much support to Ben. Ben worked at the shop till his father sent him to primary school when he was 8. But then, his father took him back home because he needed help at the shop. A couple years later Ben left the shop to be an apprentice but the only person that he knew was his brother. But only when he was 22 is when he could make his own life. When Ben was 17 he ran away and hopped on a boat to Philadelphia because he hated working all day all night.After he got off the boat he met lots of people. and made lots of friends. He loved swimming and he could do all sorts of tricks.When ben was 24 he got married to Deborah read. After he got married he opened a printer shop. Ben made great inventions such as the stool /seatt,the fireplace and the lightning rod.on may 10, 1752 Benjamin Franklin did the famous kite experiment and discovered electricity.
Chapter 2: Ben Franklin in Paris
Ben Franklin was sent to Paris with John Adams and John jay to sign the Treaty of Paris after the Revolutionary War. The Treaty of Paris was a treaty that declared peace between Great Britain, Paris and America so they all became allies. The Treaty of Paris was declared on September 2, 1783. Paris the treaty 1.briten lets us free and lets there be independence and make their own government.2.bowndrees between the us and britain.3.fishing and banks are now legal.4.people are allowed to pay with us cash.5.the us has land that can not be stolen.6.the us prevents people from taking loyalists homes.7.prisners from the war are released.8.the parliament has to have permission from the us to enter the us.9.solders captured from the war are to be relesed.10.ratification is too happen months after the sininge.
Chapter 3: Why Ben Franklin was Important
Why is Benjamin Franklin important? Ben Franklin was important because he gave the army ammunition, he was a founding father, and he made world wide inventions. One reason why Ben Franklin is important is because he made world wide inventions.
One example of why he made world wide inventions is that he made the lightning rod the lightning rod made it so that litening would hit it instead of the hows. another example of wy ben franklin made world wide inventions is because he made the franklin fire pit what made it so smoke would go outside instead of smoking up the hows.the last example wy ben franklin's inventions were worldwide is because he made the step stool / seet.it allowed people to have the cumfert of a chair but when needed can fold into a stool.
My second reason why Ben Franklin is important is because he helped defeat the British. He gave the army supplies. The army of the 13 colonies were very weak but Ben Franklin was sent to an army base to steal guns, cannons and ammunition because the 13 colonies did not have cannons, was short on guns and had almost no ammunition but Ben Franklin stole some and it saved their lives.
my last reason why ben franklin is important is because he was a founding father.wy is a founding father was important.one example wy a founding father is important is because they make the laws with out laws it would be chaos.my second example wy a founding father is important is because they fight for what's right.the revelooshonerey war happened because the 13 colonies wanted independence and because they felt like britain was athret so they fought to get away from them
Thank you for listening to my essay on how I think Ben Franklin is important.
Chapter 4: A Friend ‘til The End
I was with Ben from the beginning. I was on a dock when a boat pulled up from baston.i hid behind a box so the big men would not see me but i saw a boy that looked my age i went to go say hi soon after me and ben became friends.we hanged out a lot.he was a great swimmer he could do all sorts of tricks like swimming not using your feet or swimming with half your body under the water but worst of all was the kite trick.he would hop in the pond on a windy day and bring a kite with him so the wind would pole hime ucros the lake bad news because i had to walk a mile to give him his clothes.ben really liked this girl at the end of the street named deborah.when we were 24 he got married to deborah.he showed me lots of inventions he made like the chere /stool,the chimney,and the lightning rod.he got pretty rich so rich he opened a shop where he sells pencils maps and i can't forget soap.he helped the the 13 colonies he made a fire dipartiment and me and him did lots of experiments like how ants tock or how tornadoes work but the greatest accomplishment of all time was the lightning experiment he tied a key to a kite and flew it in a storm and he cot lightning.
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