Benjamin Franklin-Liberty Learning Handout

FILL IN THE BLANK IN THIS SENTENCE: When 17-year-old Benjamin Franklin stumbled into the American colonial city of Philadelphia in 1723, he was a _______ owning nothing but the clothes on his back.

• writer

• runaway

• stowaway

• philosopher

Where was Benjamin Franklin's family home?

• Boise

• New Hampshire

• Boston

• Pennsylvania

Why did 17-year-old Benjamin Franklin leave his family home in Boston?

• To escape the scoldings he received from his domineering older brother James

• To escape the coming war and tragedy of the Revolutionary War

• To escape the from marrying the local old maid named Junto who was said to be a witch

Who was Silence Dogood?

• This was the name of a village young maiden that Benjamin Franklin was going to marry

• Benjamin Franklin used the name to secretly write letters to his brother's newspaper

• This was a great scientist and writer of the colonial time who had a large influence on philosophy

When did Benjamin Franklin buy his own newspaper?

• 1897

• 1777

• 1729

• 1492

What was the name of the newspaper Benjamin Franklin pruchased on his own in 1729?

• The Constitutional Convention

• The Pennsylvania Gazette

• The Albany Plan

Why did Franklin's club, the Junto, meet?

• This club was planning the French and Indian War

• It was critical in establishing a free nation and serving the people

• The club discussed and implemented civic improvement projects

YOU WILL PICK 3 THEN SUBMIT.

Franklin established which of these?

• The Pennsylvania Hospital

• American Philosophical Society

• The Library Company of Philadelphia

• African Americans in the Union Army

TRUE OR FALSE: Benjamin Franklin created the first fire department in Philadelphia known as Franklin's Fire Destroyers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE:

Benjamin Franklin helped found the University of Pennsylvania.

• TRUE

• FALSE