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Which is something Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

being a US diplomat
writing the Declaration of Independence
becoming president of the United States
drafting the Emancipation Proclamation

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the answer is A
being a US diplomat
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Answer:

being a US diplomat

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Benjamin Franklin (Boston, January 17, 1706 - Philadelphia, April 17, 1790) was a politician, polymath, scientist and American inventor. He is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

His first foray into politics took place in 1736, the year in which he was elected to the General Assembly of Philadelphia. In 1747 he organized the first volunteer militia to defend Pennsylvania, being appointed a member of the negotiating commission with the native Indians in 1749. He participated actively in the process of independence of the United States. He began making various trips to London, between 1757 and 1775, as a representative in charge of advocating for the interests of Pennsylvania. He came to intervene before the House of Commons in 1766.

He participated very intensively in this process. He influenced the drafting of the Declaration of Independence (1776), helping Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, and went to France in search of support to continue the campaign against British troops. There he was appointed official US representative in 1775, signed a trade and cooperation treaty (1778) and became Minister for France.

Contributes to the end of the War of Independence, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris (1783). From there, he contributed to the drafting of the US Constitution (1787). In 1785 he was elected governor of Pennsylvania, and devoted himself fully to the construction of the American nation. In 1787 he began to emphasize his career as an abolitionist, being elected president of the Society to Promote the Abolition of Slavery, at the earliest start of a long process that would lead decades later to the Civil War.

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