Josiah Franklin, Benjamin's father, did this for a living.
What is soap making (340)
100
Franklin took over this struggling newspaper in 1929.
What is the "Pennsylvania Gazette"
100
This publication brought Franklin international recognition.
What is the "Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751-54)" (341)
100
Because of this, Franklin was enrolled in grammar school instead of becoming an apprentice to trades like the rest of his siblings.
What is because of "[his] early Readiness in learning to read" (348)
200
Benjamin was one of ____ children to be born to Josiah and Abiah Franklin.
What is 10 (340)
200
Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanack" is famous because it speaks of this.
What is "the value of frugality and hard work" (341)
200
While in England, Franklin served as a colonial agent for these colonies.
What are Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, and Massachusetts (341)
200
Franklin had a strong inclination for the sea, and as a result mastered these skills.
What are swimming and boat management (349)
300
Benjamin Franklin was initially intended to become this, so he was sent to Latin School.
What is a minister (340)
300
Franklin married this woman, and had two children with her.
Who is Deborah Read (341)
300
In 1775, Franklin was chosen to serve with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in the creation of this historical document.
What is the "Declaration of Independence" (341)
300
At 16, Franklin read Tryvon's "The Way to Health" and converted to this lifestyle.
What is vegetarianism (354)
400
At age 12, Franklin worked as an apprentice to whose printing shop?
Who is James Franklin, his half brother (340)
400
Franklin helped establish this Ivy League university.
What is University of Pennsylvania (341)
400
Franklin was elected president of this organization in 1785, two years after the Revolutionary War.
What is the "Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of the Abolition of Slavery" (342)
400
Josiah Franklin had fathered this many children total, 13 of which Franklin remembers sitting at a table one time.
What is 17 children (347)
500
In 1723, Benjamin Franklin used this cover story to run away to New York, and later, to Philadelphia.
What is "[getting] a naughty girl with Child" (340)
500
Franklin laid the foundation for this in 1743, whose mission was to support "all philosophical Experiments... and multiply the Conveniencies or Pleasures of Life"
What is the American Philosophical Society (341)
500
A month before Franklin died, this ironic letter to the Federal Gazette was published.
What is "On the Slave Trade" (342)
500
Josiah and Abiah Franklin were buried together in Boston, and were this old when they died.