BENJAMIN FRANKLIN



                 


Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat.
In the American revolution Franklin became the American spokesman in highly publicized testimony in Parlament in 1766. He stated that Americans already contributed heavily to the defense of the Empire.
Franklin published two of his most celebrated pro-American satirical essays in 1773:
-Rules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small One.
-An Edict by the King of Prussia.