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Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Benjamin Franklin

* Born in Boston on Jan. 17, 1706
* The son of a soap maker, Franklin early rebelled against the narrowness of the life offered him in Boston.

Benjamin Franklin

* Raised as Puritan, but rejected his parents’ religion in favor of Deism
o Arrived at both his religious and social philosophies by his own experimentation and intelligence.
* He only had approx. 1 yr. of formal schooling at the Boston Grammar School.
o He eventually acquired learning from his own experience
+ vast readings in American, British, and West European books & newspapers

Benjamin Franklin

* Apprenticed to his brother James
* Assisted in writing and printing of the NEW ENGLAND COURANT (1721-1723).
* The brothers wrote satires of the Massachusetts authorities, and Franklin contributed essays (anonymously) that appeared under the pseudonym, SILENCE DOGOOD.

Benjamin Franklin

* At age 17, after quarreling w/his brother, he secretly ran off to Philadelphia with only the clothes on his back.
* He explains fully in his autobiography the reasons for his departure.
o Partly he felt restricted by the censorship of the press
o Partly because he had felt that his brother had exploited him in the role of apprentice-publisher.

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