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The First American --Influence from Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography and “Thirteen Virtues” on the Forming of American Dream Introduction Born in 1706, Benjamin Franklin was brought up in a poor and obscure family, as he says in his Autobiography. His father is a candle—maker, his mother is a pious Calvinist. When he was 16 years old, he began to serve as an apprentice to his older half-brother, a printer. It was also in that year when Ben tried to publish his essays under his pseudonym, Silence Dogood. At 17, Ben ran to Philadelphia to make his own fortune. His entrance into this city mar