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Introduction - Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was many things including an entrepreneur and an inventor, and although he is mostly known as a man who was instrumental in creating the U.S. government as we know it today, he was also a hero of the American Revolution. Many people know he was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, and that he help draft and that he signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. What many do not know is that his success in obtaining aid from the French helped the U.S. win the Revolutionary War. How exactly did he help the U.S. win the Revolutionary War? Where was Benjamin Franklin born? When did Benjamin Franklin's portrait appear on the $100 bill? The answers to these questions and many more can be found by reading the kid-friendly formatted interesting facts and information below.

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