Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin

“The First American”

Left: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1777

Left:Autograph of Benjamin Franklin

Right: An illustration from Franklin’s scientific paper “On


Water-spouts and Whirlwinds”

New England CourantPennsylvania GazettePoor Richard’s


Almanac

Public life

Left: This
political cartoon
by Franklin
urged the
colonies to join
together during the French
and Indian War (Seven
Years’ war).

Above: “The

Committee of Five present their work to the Congress” by John Trumbull


Above: To be portrayed on a US currency is a great honor for a person. Benjamin
Franklin’s image on a hundred-dollar bill.

Oksana Pakholyuk

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