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An american life begins by touching on his childhood as best as it can considering the lack of material to work with. Includes comprehension questions, activities, graphic organizer that emphasizes text evidence. Franklin prvi utvrduje identicnost munje s elektricitetom, postavlja novu teoriju elektriciteta, dokazujuci postojanje pozitivnog i. He helped in drafting the us declaration of independence and producing the the us constitution. Benjamin franklin was not only one of the founding fathers of the united states of america, but he was also an inventor, scientist, author, and publisher. After that, isaacson takes the reader through a more detailed account of franklin s early entrepreneurial life, through his many inventions, and into his later statesmen days. He was a simple american, but his scientific discoveries in regards to electricity surpassed.
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