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Benjamin Franklin (170665438+1October17-1790 April17) (also translated as Benjamin Franklin and Ben Ming Jie Franklin) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and was an American politician and physicist.

He is also a publisher, printer, journalist, writer and philanthropist. He is also an outstanding diplomat and inventor. He was one of the important leaders of the American War of Independence, participated in drafting many important documents, and served as the American ambassador to France, which successfully won France's support for American independence.

Benjamin Franklin did many electrical experiments, invented the lightning rod, and was the first to put forward the law of conservation of charge. He also invented bifocal glasses, frog shoes and so on. Benjamin Franklin was elected a member of the Royal Society. He was the first postmaster in the United States. French economist Turgut said of Franklin: "He got thunder and lightning from heaven and civil rights from tyrants."

Benjamin Franklin, one of the three founding fathers of the United States, was named the sixth among the 65,438,000 people who influenced the United States by the authoritative American periodical Atlantic Monthly.

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Franklin began his political career by being elected to the Pennsylvania legislature with 175 1 1754, he published an important Albany alliance plan in Albany Congress. According to his plan, he suggested that the colonies should be unified under one government to help organize and protect the colonies. Over the years, he has worked hard to get Britain to allow Pennsylvania more autonomy and autonomy.

As the revolution approaches, the rules of the colony become stricter and stricter. Franklin tried to convince Britain that these actions would eventually lead to rebellion. Franklin saw the importance of effectively transmitting information from one town to another and from one colony to another, and reorganized the postal system.

Franklin realized that his beloved Britain would not back down and would not give the colonists more say. He understood the need to fight back. Franklin was elected as the second continental congress, which was held from 1775 to 1776. He helped draft and sign the Declaration of Independence. Franklin was sent to Great Britain by Pennsylvania on 1757.

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