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life of Benjamin Franklin
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Brother started a newspaper
It was the second newspaper in America and was called the New England Courant -
Started writing anonymous letters
Ben started writing letters to his brothers news paper under the name Silence Dogood. -
Brother was imprisoned
One of the stories in their newspaper gave offense to someone and he was taken up, censured and imprisoned for a month. -
Left Boston
He left Boston for Philidelphia to start his own printing business. -
Left Philadelphia
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Arrived in New York
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Started keeping a journal about what he does
in 1740 Ben started to write down what he did. Helped him later when he started his autobiography. -
Started pursuing moral perfection
started striving for moral perfection. -
13 virtues
Ben came up with these as a guide to the project of achieving moral perfection. -
Retired from printing to become scientist
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kite and key experiment
Benjamin Franklin conducted an experiment with lightning using a kite and key. -
First section of Autobiography written
Ben started his autobiography with the first section wihich became one of many.
