What were benjamin franklins accomplishments?

Answer 1

he was an inventor, printer, librarian, statesman, scientist, politician, author, and diplomat.

And these were some of the things he did:

He helped write the Declaration of Independence,

He worked to put a stop on slavery,

and he proved that lightning was electricity.

he also invented the Franklin stove , bifocals, the odometer and he perfected the light bulb

Answer 2

Accomplishments of Benjamin FranklinSCIENCE - Noted 18th Century Scientist

INVENTOR - Stove, lightning rod, bifocals and many others...

MEDICINE - Founded 1st U.S. Hospital

BANKING - Well known for maxims on thrift

AGRICULTURE - Introduced several crops to U.S.

PRINTING - Noted Colonial printer - "Patron Saint of Printing"

ELECTRICAL - Experiments and theories - Kite & Key

INSURANCE - Started 1st insurance company

HEATING - Franklin stove

COOLING - Had three methods of cooling

EDUCATOR - Involved in founding two colleges

OPTOMETRIC - Bifocal glasses

POSTAL - First postmaster

LIBRARIES - Started 1st circulating library

JOURNALISM - Wrote for several early newspapers

PUBLIC SAFETY - Started 1st police department

PUBLIC SAFETY II - Started 1st fire department

RELIGION - Introduced idea of prayer in Congress

MUSIC - Invented musical instrument - glass armonica

GOVERNMENT - Held numerous positions:

• Clerk
• Postmaster
• J.P.
• Alderman
• Governor
• Ambassador

MILITARY - Colonel in Militia

MASONIC - Grand Master of Pennsylvania

DIPLOMAT - Ambassador to England Minister to France

COMMUNITY SERVICE - Street lighting, paving and cleaning

UNIONS - Started Leather Apron Club

BUSINESSMAN - Owned and operated several businesses

PHILOSOPHER - Started American Philosophical Society

ABOLITIONIST - Started Society to Abolish Slavery

SALESMAN - Expert at marketing and sales

MERCHANT - Operated store as part of printshop

HUMORIST - Considered America's 1st writer of humor

TRAVELER - Traveled extensively throughout U.S.

FORECASTER - Published Poor Richards "Almanack"

FUND RAISER - Originated matching contributions idea

SAILING - Designed "sea anchors"

CARTOONIST - Drew 1st cartoon in an American newspaper

LINGUIST - Studied several languages and designed a phonetic alphabet

CARTOGRAPHER - Mapped the Gulf Stream and Routes for the post office

PHILANTHROPIST - Organized fund raising and contributed to many worthwhile causes

MENTOR - Acted as a counselor and guide to many of his contemporaries

Answer 3

It would take practically forever to list all of his accomplishments and impacts, but some are as follows:

- inventing bifocal glasses

- inventing the glass armonica (a musical instrument)

- serving in the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention

- serving as America's first postmaster

- inventing the Franklin Stove

- inventing the lightning rod and not getting a patent

- proving lightning electricity which can be harnessed via his kite and key experiment (a risk to his life)

- coining electrical terms such as battery, charge, and discharge

- starting a lending library and fire station

- founding the first nonreligious college, the University of Pennsylvania

- publishing Poor Richard's Almanac and the Pennsylvania Gazette

- serving as the first American ambassador to France and persuading the French to join with the Americans against the British in the Revolutionary War

- receiving honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, University of St. Andrews (Scotland), and Oxford

Basically, he helped us win the Revolution and establish a government afterward, improved and/or saved the lives of many people, and laid the electrical groundwork out for most all scientific advancements to date.

Answer 4

He got his likeness on the FRONT of the hundred dollar bill because of his assistance with colonial America.

Because he was such a polymath, please see the related link below for more information:

Answer 5

Inventing Bifocals, discovering electricity, signing the Declaration of Independence.His more less known is coming up with the slogan "Vote or Die."

Answer 6

His achievements were the bifocal glasses the Franklin stove and the fireplace

Answer 7

He is known for a lot but mostly famous for the hand held cack about as wet as a blown b18

Answer 8

i think he wrote an essay on farts