Benjamin Franklin Was A Man Of Many Accomplishments

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souls; ... when pirates infested the Atlantic coast; when there
was no such thing as a stage coach in the land; ...and when Ann Pollard,
the first white women that ever set foot on the soil of Boston, was still
enjoying a hale old age” (McMaster 1).
“It was when he seven that Franklin had another experience he often
recalled. One holiday they gave him a little money to spend on whatever he
liked. He headed straight for the toy shop but on the way met a boy
blowing a whistle. Charmed by the sound, he gave the boy all his money for
it. Coming home, he whistled piercingly all over the small house, annoying
his family. When he told them of the bargain he had made, they teased him
for paying four times of what the silly whistle was worth. He realized how
many good things he could have bought for the money, and while they laughed,
he cried. It was a lesson he never forgot” (Meltzer 23). Franklin's
education started at home. At the age of eight he went to Latin ...

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He wrote about the Pirate Black Beard drowning a family. James
liked his writing so much that he published it. The people liked his
writing. This was the stuff that the public wanted to hear about (Meltzer
39). His writing gave him a great lead for his life, it would be proven to
do him some good later in life. Later he started to debate with his
friends. To people who differed from him thought of him as obnoxious and
stopped listening to him debate (Meltzer 40).
In 1721, James decided to publish his own newspaper (Meltzer 40-
45). He called his newspaper the New England Courant. The newspaper was
combined with printing of other books. James saw a new age of ...

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