Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a signer of the Constitution and also a proponent for autonomy and freedom. We learn that Benjamin Franklin was an inventor that created multiple inventions in the 1700s and also wrote extensively about the importance of autonomy and freedom. We learn that along with Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin helped support the new nation of the United States. 

We learn that Benjamin Franklin also wrote and created almanacs with important information on gardening, administrating, learning, and self-improvement. We learn that the United States prospered due to the influence of the Pilgrims and Puritans persevering in the worship of GOD Almighty. We learn that industriousness and responsibility were important virtues that guarded against slothfulness and irresponsibility. We learn that because of the values and virtues that are in Christianity, the United States improved. 

We learn that Benjamin Franklin enjoyed learning and kept learning throughout his life. We learn that he was also a polymath who not only learned about government, autonomy, responsibility, science, and administrating, but also was creating innovations and testing scientific hypothesis. We learn that Benjamin Franklin was an individual that kept learning despite his older age.

We have learned how reading and writing can help the brain stay young. We learn that Benjamin Franklin was an individual that was industrious and also described the importance of learning and having responsibility. The Constitution was written by Thomas Jefferson yet Benjamin Franklin was also a part of describing the ideals and values of the new nation in 1776. We learn that the virtues of responsibility and administrating were vital in making sure that the United States became a nation that valued autonomy, liberty, freedom, and responsibility. We can appreciate the value of freedom and also the need to practice responsibility. This prevents us from thinking that freedom means having autonomy to be irresponsible that false doctrines and idolatry tries to lead to.