We must either hang together or be hanged separately.” Ben Franklin warned of the need for unity among the colonists as they declared independence in 1776. He was a keen ...

Introduction: Lightning after Franklin 1. A New Invention 2. The Introduction of the Lightning Rod in the Netherlands 3. Eighteenth-Century Physical Theories on Thunderstorms 4. Official Religion 5.

Benjamin Franklin fled Boston at 17 and found in Philadelphia the freedom, opportunity, and intellectual energy he couldn’t ...

In part 2 of Ken Bridge's look at Ben Franklin, the Texas historian explores how Franklin became a beloved inventor and ...