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Question 68: What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Q: What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

U.S. diplomat; oldest member of the Constitutional Convention; first Postmaster General of the United States; writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"; started the first free libraries

Accepted answers

•U.S. diplomat
•oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
•first Postmaster General of the United States
•writer of "Poor Richard's Almanac"
•started the first free libraries

Why this matters

Benjamin Franklin did many important things for America. He was a diplomat who got France to help in the war. He also started the first free libraries in America.

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