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Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 4 P55 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | FRANKLIN BENJAMIN 529 1776 the treaty of Paris 1783 and the U.S. Constitution 1787 Benjamin Franklin holds a revered place in the history of U.S. law. Through his great success as a newspaper publisher journalist writer civic leader scientist politician and diplomat and as an inventor Franklin became an international celebrity in his day and an icon of the American character to later generations. Franklin s varied career had a lasting effect on U.S. law and politics. As a leading local figure he established and shaped many of the fundamental institutions of Philadelphia and colonial Pennsylvania. Before the Revolutionary War 1775-83 Franklin served as envoy to Great Britain for several colonies. Though he first advocated reconciliation with Britain he eventually supported the cause of American independence. He was assigned the task of securing an alliance with France during the war and his political skill and prestige helped gain vital support for his young country as it fought the world s greatest military power. After the war Franklin used his diplomatic ingenuity to negotiate a successful peace treaty with Britain. Franklin also helped persuade the constitutional Convention of 1787 to reach important compromises on the particulars of the Constitution and his support of that document greatly improved its chances of RATIFICATION. Franklin was born January 17 1706 in Boston into a devout Puritan household. His only formal education consisted of two years of grammar school after which he began work for his father who was a tallow chandler or candle maker. At age 12 he was apprenticed to his halfbrother James Franklin a printer and the Benjamin Franklin. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS founder of the New England Courant the fourth newspaper established in the British colonies. in his teenage years Franklin began to improve himself by reading on his own including the works of such authors as John Bunyan Plutarch Daniel Defoe Cotton Mather Joseph Addison and John locke. Franklin .
