Benjamin Franklin

Inside you will read about...- Born in Boston
- From Philadelphia to London
- Benjamin Franklin, the Citizen
- Benjamin Franklin, the Inventor
- Franklin and Colonial Politics
- Franklin the American
- Franklin: The Conscience of America

His inventions and his philosophies had the same ultimate goal-to make the world a better place-and Franklin achieved that goal. Europeans saw him as a symbol of what America represented; Franklin saw himself as the result of what America produced. Pragmatism ruled his life, and yet he believed passionately that it was the role of the government and the church to improve the world for all. He has been called the first American, but every American who followed owes something to this remarkable man who designed his own destiny.