Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin, also widely known as one of the Founding Fathers of America, will never be forgotten in American history. This is so simply because he has contributed so much to the United States. Franklin was a very knowledgeable and talented man. He was everything from being a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. Living with his grandson Temple, Franklin reached Philadelphia where the delegates …showed first 75 words of 577 total…

…showed last 75 words of 577 total…for America's independence. As Isaacson portrayed Franklin's trustworthiness during the period of transition from loyalists to patriots, Congress gave him the hardest and most difficult mission. Despite his old age and illnesses, Congress and the people believed in him to finish his task and accomplish the best. Benjamin Franklin could never be effaced out of America's memories, winning the independence from Britain, moving from loyal subjects of the king to revolutionaries, forming a new nation.