Benjamin Franklin (History Kids)

IN WHAT CITY WAS BEN FRANKLIN BORN?

• Philadelphia
• New York
• Boston
• Baltimore

HOW OLD WAS BEN WHEN HE BECAME A PRINTING APPRENTICE FOR HIS BROTHER JAMES?

• 12
• 15
• 18
• 21

WHY WAS BEN'S BROTHER JAMES SENT TO JAIL?

• BECAUSE HE DID NOT PAY HIS TAXES
• BECAUSE HE STOLE SOME BREAD FROM THE LOCAL BAKER
• BECAUSE HE PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER ARTICLES CRITICIZING LOCAL OFFICIALS
• BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO JOIN THE LOCAL ARMY

WHAT DID BEN BECOME WHEN HE MOVED TO PHILADELPHIA?

• A PRINTER
• A Judge
• A Carpenter
• A Minister

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION GROUP THAT BEN CREATED?

• The Thinkers
• The Planners
• The Junto

• The Creative Five<br />

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE CALENDAR FILLED WITH ADVICE ON HOW TO LIVE A HAPPY, HEALTHY LIFE THAT BEN PUBLISHED?

• LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE
• POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK
• THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE
• ADVICE FOR ALL

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CIVIC INSTITUTIONS DID BEN FRANKLIN CREATE?

• THE STATE POLICE SYSTEM
• THE MODERN HIGHWAY SYSTEM
• THE MODERN POSTAL SYSTEM
• THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

WHICH OF BEN FRANKLIN'S INVENTIONS WAS CREATED WITHOUT A PATENT, SO THAT ITS IDEA COULD BE COPIED AND SHARED FREELY?

• THE FRANKLIN STOVE
• BIFOCALS
• SWIMMING FINS
• THE LIBRARY SYSTEM

IN WHAT YEAR DID BEN FRANKLIN CONDUCT HIS FAMOUS EXPERIMENT THAT PROVED THAT LIGHTNING WAS ELECTRICITY?

• 1706
• 1752
• 1802
• 1888

WHY WAS BEN FRANKLIN SENT TO FRANCE AFTER THE START OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?

• HE WENT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD
• HE WENT TO CONVINCE THE FRENCH TO SUPPORT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
• HE WENT TO TEACH THE FRENCH WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT ELECTRICITY
• HE WENT TO SHARE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRINTING BUSINESS