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Benjamin Franklin is born in Boston.
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Becomes an apprentice at his brothers shop
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Begins writing for the "New England Courant"
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Arrives in Philadelphia
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Organizes the Junto
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Sets up his own printing business
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Publishes the Pennsylvania Gazette
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Marries Deborah Read
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Becomes postmaster of Philadelphia
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Invents the Franklin Stove
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Retires from business
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Performs famous kite experiment
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Returns to Philadelphia appointed first United States Postmaster General
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Helps draft the Declaration of Independence, travels to France as ambassador for the United States
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Dies from a pleuritic attack in Philadelphia.