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1. The first permanent English settlement in North America was established at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. 2.Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) One of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author and printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, satirist, civic activist Franklin gained international renown as a scientist for his famous experiments in electricity. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat.”