Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was born to Josiah and Abian Franklin. Benjamin was one of seventeen children. His father made soap and candles in his shop, The Sign of Blue Ball. At the age of eight Ben was kept out of school to assist his father in the shop. Then at age twelve he quit his job with his dad and started to work with his brother …showed first 75 words of 1109 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1109 total…as educated as they were back then. He was brought up in a more strict family and he only went to school for two years, so he had a lot of free time. He had a great family and also was brought up well and he liked to read. All of theses qualities are different then today, because we know more thanks to great inventors like Ben Franklin. That is my report on Benjamin Franklin.