His parents encouraged a career as a ____, but his schooling ended at the age of ten.
At the age of twelve, he worked as an apprentice in his brother's ____.
When denied the chance to write a letter for his brother's newspaper, Franklin adopted the pseudonym ____, a middle-aged widow, in order to spread his opinions.
Franklin moved to ____ as a fugitive, due to abandoning his apprenticeship.
After founding an intellectual group known as the Junto, Franklin established the first ____ in the colonies.
In 1731, Franklin began a project to create a network of newspapers across the colonies, beginning with a printer in ____.
Franklin entered into a common-law marriage with ____, whose husband had abandoned her for Barbados.
At 24 years old, Franklin acknowledged his illegitimate son ____, who he raised in his house.
His son eventually grew to become the last royal governor of ____; he would be arrested at the start of the Revolution.
In 1733, Franklin began printing ____ under the pseudonym of Richard Saunders.
Inventions of Franklin's include bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, and the ____.
Franklin is credited with coining the terms ____ in regard to electric charge.
In 1752, Franklin allegedly performed a famous experiment involving flying a kite in a ____, leading to the concept of grounding.
In his time in the Pennsylvania Assembly, he obtained a charter to found the Pennsylvania ____, which would become the first in the United States.
Franklin is credited as the founder of the ____, one of the nine colonial colleges.
Franklin spoke in front of the British House of Commons in order to repeal the ____.
In 1763, Franklin assembled a local militia to combat a group known as ____, who were marching on Philadelphia during Pontiac's Rebellion.
Following the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Franklin was chosen to be Pennsylvania's delegate to the ____.
Franklin was one of the members of the Committee of Five that drafted ____.
Franklin was named the first ____ in the United States; he previously served the role in the colonial government.
Franklin was the first American ambassador to ____, and he was seen as pivotal in securing their alliance in the Revolution.
Franklin was the only Founding Father to sign the Declaration of Independence, Treaty of Alliance with France, Treaty of Paris, and ____.
During the era of the Confederation, Franklin served as ____ of Pennsylvania, equivalent to the role of governor.
At the age of sixteen, Franklin embraced ____, in part because it allowed him more money to buy books.
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