Benjamin Franklin
Early life
On January 17th, 1706, a baby boy was born on Milk Street in Boston, Massachusetts . This baby was named Benjamin Franklin, who was to become one of the great founding fathers of America.
Benjamin was the son of Josiah Franklin, who was a middle class business man in Boston. Benjamin had nine siblings, one of which was his older brother James Franklin. James became a printer, and hired Ben to become his apprentice. Ben was only 12 at the time, but was already beginning to grow an appreciation and interest for printing, and at age 15 helped to write The New-England Courant, which became the first independent newspaper in the colonies. Eventually, however, Ben's thirst for writing got him into trouble. He began to sneak contributions to the newspaper under a fictional widow's name "Silence Dogood". The citizens of Boston loved his writings and wanted to know the real name of the author. But one day he was discovered by James, and immediately forced to stop writing. To say the truth, James was only jealous of the attention his brother was receiving - he recognized that Benjamin had exceptional talent. So, James began abusing Ben.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Kendall, Grade 5 Science week 13
The enamel is the outer layer of your tooth. It also happens to be the hardest substance in your body. The dentin is the bottom part of your tooth. Saliva protects your teeth, gives taste to your food, protects your stomach from infection, and is the beginning of digestion. Chyme is the name of the food when it enters the small intestine. The small intestine is the end of digestion and sends minerals to the bloodstream. Mucus will be produced and food will be guided down the esophagus into the stomach. Your esophagus is the pipe that your food goes down. Your kidneys take the salt and water and any other thing that would be from the blood and passes it to the urine.
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