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100
The town he was born in
What is Boston?
100
The man he lived with in Philadelphia
Who is John Read?
100
Found out this when he returned from the UK
What is Deborah Read married
100
Year elected to the Second Continental Congress
What is 1775
100
Glasses with short and far distances
What are bifocals?
200
The year of his birth
What is 1706?
200
Moved to this city after Philadelphia
What is London?
200
Bought this newspaper
What is The Pennsylvania Gazette?
200
Year he helped draft the Declaration of Independence
What is 1776?
200
Flying a kite in a lightning storm
What is electricity?
300
The age when he started making candles for his father.
What is 10?
300
First love
Who is Deborah Read?
300
A study group for young men
What is Junto?
300
Year he was elected to represent Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention
What is 1785?
300
Wood burning stove with more vents for a living room
What is the Franklin Stove?
400
Helped his brother in this type of business at age 12
What is Printing House?
400
The age of him when he moved to the UK
What is 18?
400
Married this women in 1730
Who is Deborah Read?
400
Year he participated in electing George Washington as the country’s first president
What is 1789?
400
Used to measure distances
What is an odometer?
500
Moved to this city after leaving home at 17
What is Philadelphia?
500
"A Dissertation upon Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain"
What is Franklin's first published pamphlet?
500
"The Nature and Necessity of a Paper Currency“
What is Franklin's second pamphlet?
500
Year he wrote many tracts urging the abolition of slavery and petitioned the U.S Congress
What is 1790?
500
Help you swim more efficently
What are swimming fins?