Ben Franklin
Philadelphia founding father
Ben Franklin is Benjamin Franklin, the American polymath, statesman, and Founding Father.
The name appears on the hundred-dollar bill, making *Ben Franklin* or *Benjamins* slang for that denomination: The repair cost me three Ben Franklins.
Franklin stoves, lightning rods, and bifocals trace to his inventions.
Dual-strength corrective lenses
- lightning rodGrounded spike for discharges
- odometerVehicle distance recorder
- swim finsFoot-worn water propulsion aids
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
innovation · experimentation · gadgets · tinkering · ingenuity · practicality · craftsmanship · discovery
America's founding proclamation
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- Founding FatherEarly republic's key architect
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
- independenceFreedom from external control
Philadelphia · signatory · revolution · patriot · statesman · liberty · republic · American
Wind-flown tethered toy
- keyLock-opening device
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- chargeCost or accusation
experimentation · storm · positive · negative · spark · bolt · insulation · static
Mockery exposing vice
- aphorismTerse general truth
- humorAmusing quality
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
proverbs · maxims · wordplay · quips · bon mots · anecdotes · banter · penny saved
Arrange text for printing
- pressApply force downward
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- publicationIssued written material
ink · apprentice · compositor · newsprint · proof · imprint · woodcut · printing house
Official foreign representative
- statesmanRespected political leader
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
- FranceWestern European republic
- ParisFrance's chief city
treaty · alliance · foreign policy · diplomacy · mediator · French court · Treaty of Paris · international relations
bifocals
Dual-strength corrective lenses
- lightning rodGrounded spike for discharges
- odometerVehicle distance recorder
- swim finsFoot-worn water propulsion aids
patent · innovation · experimentation · gadgets · tinkering · ingenuity · practicality · craftsmanship · discovery · improvement
Declaration of Independence
America's founding proclamation
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- Founding FatherEarly republic's key architect
- Continental CongressColonial era legislature
independence · Philadelphia · signatory · revolution · patriot · statesman · liberty · republic · American · colonial
kite
Wind-flown tethered toy
charge · experimentation · storm · positive · negative · spark · bolt · insulation · static · energy
satire
Mockery exposing vice
- aphorismTerse general truth
- humorAmusing quality
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
wisdom · proverbs · maxims · wordplay · quips · bon mots · anecdotes · banter · penny saved · early to bed
typeset
Arrange text for printing
- pressApply force downward
- broadsheetLarge-format serious newspaper
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
publication · ink · apprentice · compositor · newsprint · proof · imprint · woodcut · printing house · journeyman
ambassador
Official foreign representative
- statesmanRespected political leader
- negotiatorOne who bargains professionally
- FranceWestern European republic
Paris · treaty · alliance · foreign policy · diplomacy · mediator · French court · Treaty of Paris · international relations · protocol
money
Currency for transactions
portrait · treasury · greenback · tender · wealth · savings · capital · fiscal · monetary · circulation
- American HistoryAmerican Revolution, Revolutionary War, colonial era, founding fathers, Declaration of Independence
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, Continental Congress, American Revolution
- early literatureessay, novel, pamphlet, early novels, treatise
- Enlightenment FiguresVoltaire, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu, John Locke
- Patriotspatriot, Paul Revere, Patrick Henry, Samuel Adams, founding father
- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
Ben FranklinKing George III
British ruler, late 1700s
Torquemada · obscurantist · theocrat · inquisitor · dogmatist
Ben FranklinKing George III
British ruler, late 1700s
Benedict Arnold · Louis XVI · absolute monarchs · Tories · landed gentry