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The Representative of American Enlightenment: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) If you would not be forgotten , as soon as you are dead rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. --B. Franklin America has never forgotten Benjamin Franklin because he did both. Today, we honor Franklin as one of the Founding Fathers and as one of America’s greatest citizens. Franklin on U.S. Postage Benjamin Franklin has been honored on US Postage stamps many times Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) His contributions His Contributions to Society a. Pennsylvania Hospital; b. America’s first circulating library in Philadephia; c. University of Pennsylvania; d. American Philosophical Society; e. the postal system. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) His Contributions to Science a. Inventions : Franklin stove, effective street lighting, bifocal glasses, a miniature printing press, efficient heating devices and even a strange musical instrument called an “armonica”玻璃口琴. b. And for his lightning-rod, he was called “the new Prometheus who had stolen fire from heaven.” c. the theories of electricity; first applied the terms “positive” and “negative” to electrical charges. d. He was one of the first men to study and map the Gulf Stream(墨西哥湾流) . Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) His Contributions to the U.S. a. He supported the cause of independence, served in the Continental Congress, and aided Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence. b. He conducted the difficult negotiations with France that brought financial and military support for America in the war. c. He was a delegate to the conversation that wrote the Constitution. d. Therefore, Franklin is a writer, printer, publisher, scientist, philanthropist, and diplomat. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Evaluation “Franklin was the only good American author before the Revolutionary War.” “The Scottish philosopher David Hume called him America’s “first g