Sometimes when the country is just organizing itself, its citizens are considered to be illiterate, unrelated or healthy. But the opposite was true when the great American experiment began to take shape. The world has never seen America as a province or simple and that is because of a large part of the work of the man many have called "First American". That man was Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin stands out among those whom we would call the “Founding Fathers” because he was neither a military man nor a politician. He is one of the few we think of as one of the fathers of our nation who has never been president. But that does not mean that his contributions to the beginning of this great world were shallow and distant. Benjamin Franklin can easily be described as the most famous man of his day "the man of the Renaissance". He was really good at many aspects of behavior and had a keen mind for all aspects of learning and knowledge. He thus brought into conversation with his co-founders the knowledge of political theory, historical recognition and the ability to speculate about a complete union that was essential to building the conceptual basis of what America would be when it flourished. be real. For many, we remember Benjamin Franklin as a great scientist and inventor. And to make sure he was fit for that position as well. Every schoolboy or girl has his or her own picture of his or her flying kite to capture the electricity to test his or her most popular ideas in our legends about his achievements. But these images are not myths because Franklin was a really great inventor who donated to the world important new things like lightning rods, swimming wings, catheter, harmonica and bifocals. In that sense, Benjamin Franklin was just as much a part of Michelangelo as he was of Thomas Jefferson and he really did get along well with them. But it was a political scientist and philosopher that Franklin made a significant contribution to the development of American experiments in its first form. He was the one who could visualize the concept of a new American nation. But his skills did not end with his ability to use his intellectual powers to envision a better future. He was also a talented speaker, writer and educator so he was able to use his artistic and magical personality to promote the American nationalist image between the colonies and other countries. Benjamin Franklin was a real citizen of the world as he was as comfortable on the French premises as he was in the Boston printeries. In fact, he was so popular on both sides of the Atlantic that he served as America's first ambassador to France and where one of his greatest contributions to the independence of the new world. He was able to use his great fame and power and influence to persuade the French to join the colonial war against the English which played a key role in the success of the American liberation struggle and British occupation. an independent American nation. Franklin's writings have become a treasure trove of records of this important period in American history. But just as his written work, his influence as a thinker, intellectual and international ambassador set the standard for others to follow after him and truly established America as a member of the international community.
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