Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin, a man considered one of the first "Americans" (many consider him the first) where he played a great role in the establishment of the independence of the United States of America. He carried out numerous professions, major and minor, of vital importance in that period. These professions include being a politician where his theories were notable, a scientist where he himself was an inventor, a postman, a diplomat, and last but not least, a man responsible for many discoveries in the field of physics. Franklin's life was a tangled and tortuous one where his family was facing a number of problems including poverty where his father Josiah Franklin was a simple soap maker, as well as little financial support due to him being one of seventeen siblings and sisters. Childhood, January 17, 1706, this day meant Franklin's birthday, where he was born on Milk Street, which is located in Boston, Massachusetts. Franklin's old man had planned to have Benjamin attend school accompanied by the clergy, but his old man suffered from financial problems that allowed him to afford two years of study even though clergymen required a certain number of years of schooling. His education finally ended at the age of ten. He then worked for his father for two years and was later apprenticed to his older brother James, whose profession was a printer. Franklin endured a grueling experience composing pamphlets with his brother and selling his work on the streets. At the age of 15, Franklin together with his older brother James were the founders of the first truly independent newspaper in the colonies: The New-England Courant.Years as a NeophyteThe New-Engl...... middle of paper .. .. ..lin hoped they wouldn't get angry about his letters and kept some of his letters which were later stolen and published by the public and took full responsibility for them after he was called a traitor and a thief in London for this he couldn't solve the difference between the English and the Americans. Soon after his reputation in England worsened, which was the worst period of his career, a British lawyer named Alexander Wedderburn spent hours calling Franklin a criminal and a traitor while his friend on the council stood by and critics accused him, Franklin showed no emotion but was angry and held his head high. As the people of the Americas desired independence from Great Britain, Benjamin encouraged and gave help to the people to achieve independence, in doing so he returned to America seeking independence.