ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a very important person in American history. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1706. He was a clever and curious person who loved to learn and figure out how things worked.

When Ben was older, he became very famous. He started lots of different projects, like helping to make libraries, hospitals, schools, and he even helped explore electricity. He also wrote and published books, and even invented things like bifocals and the lightning rod.

Benjamin Franklin was a great thinker, writer, leader, and inventor who made a lot of things to help the United States when it was first founded. He is still remembered today as one of the most important people in the history of the United States.