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Benjamin Franklin helps craft the Declaration of Independence and wins French support.
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The Treaty of Paris ended a war, secured Independence and created an Empire.
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Franklin studied electricity and proved lightning’s electrical nature with a key and kite.
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Enslaved Philadelphia residents worked in businesses and homes, including Franklin’s.
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A visit to a school for Black children challenged Franklin’s racial prejudices.
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As impasse threatened the Constitutional Convention, Franklin appealed for Compromise.
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Late in life, Franklin petitioned Congress to end slavery in the United States.
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Franklin and Adams frustrated each other in France with opposing approaches to diplomacy.
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Franklin’s musical invention, the armonica, became a sensation in Europe.
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Franklin’s first published essays were printed under a pseudonym—Silence Dogood.
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Benjamin Franklin helps craft the Declaration of Independence and wins French support.
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After success as a Philadelphia printer Benjamin Franklin earns worldwide fame in science.
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