Benjamin Franklin

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  1. 2. In 1785, Benjamin Franklin invented the _________ glasses.
  2. 3. In Philadelphia Franklin founded the ______ club, a group of young men who met to discuss personal, business and community topics.
  3. 6. Franklin was elected to go to ________ as a colonial agent.
  4. 7. In 1778, Benjamin Franklin negotiated the Treaty of the Alliance of ________. France declared war on Great Britain.
  5. 9. Franklin was elected the official government for __________ in 1730.
  6. 12. John Adams, John Jay and Benjamin Franklin signed the Treaty of ______, which ended the war between the colonies and Great Britain.
  7. 13. Benjamin Franklin and Deborah Read had a daughter named Sarah, who they called _________.
  8. 14. Franklin built the first model of the Pennsylvania fireplace in 1942, also known as the franklin _____.
  9. 15. Franklin was appointed the _________ of Philadelphia in 1737.
  10. 17. Franklin published his first letter in the _________ under the pen name of "Silence Dogood".
  11. 19. In 1790, Benjamin Franklin died of ________ at the age of 84 in Philadelphia.
  12. 20. Benjamin Franklin was born in the city of ________.
  13. 22. Franklin married Deborah ______in 1730.
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  1. 1. In 1775, benjamin was elected as the Pennsylvania delegate to the second ______Congress.
  2. 4. In 1776,Franklin was appointed as part of a committee of five to draft the ________ of Independence.
  3. 5. Franklin purchased the Pennsylvania _______from former employer Samuel Keimer.
  4. 8. In 1787, Benjamin Franklin the United States __________.
  5. 10. Franklin was appointed clerk of the Pennsylvania _______.
  6. 11. Used his famous ______ experiment to discovered that lightning is electricity.
  7. 16. His son, Francis Folger,died of _______ at age four.
  8. 18. At age 12, started apprenticeship as a ______in older brother shop.
  9. 21. In 1765 the _______Act was passed by the House of Commons.