Early Life
What is 1706?
This is the year Ben Franklin was born.
What is the US postal service?
Franklin created this to "get the mail through"
What is an autobiography?
Ben Franklin wrote this book about his life.
What does arduous mean?
Difficult
save
Antonym of squander
What is poor?
Franklin's financial status when he arrived in Philadelphia
What are bifocals?
This invention by Ben Franklin helped for seeing distances and close up.
What is a library?
Ben Franklin started one of the first of these, a place for books that could be circulated.
What does avarice mean?
Greed
What is avarice?
Synonym of greed
What is Philadelphia, PA?
The city where Franklin lived since he was 17
What is the lightning rod?
A metal rod that sticks to the top of a building and goes to the ground.
What is US Constitution or Declaration of Independence?
Ben Franklin was one of the signers of this document.
What is vigilance?
Watchfulness
What is vigilance?
Antonym of negligence
What was Ben Franklin's life goal in Autobiography?
Moral perfection
What is Franklin stove?
Iron box that fits inside a fireplace used as a heat source.
Who is Ben Franklin?
The first postmaster general of the US
What is incorrigible?
Impossible to correct
What is posterity?
Synonym of future
What is an aphorism?
Short sayings with a message
What are street lights?
Because of Franklin, Philadelphia was the first city in the colonies to have these.
What is Poor Richard's Almanac?
Franklin wrote this book which contained short bits of advice called aphorisms.
What is posterity?
future generations
Curable
Antonym of incorrigible