Benjamin Franklin
...d work.” This idea became the soul of the “American Dream.” As a musician Ben played several instruments. Some were the violin, harp, and guitar. He also played his own invention – the glass Armonica. Ben loved life. He had a “clear vision of the way America should be and he spent his time helping to make sure it would be.” [http://www.fi.edu/franklin/philosop/philosop.html] He even considered the Rattlesnake as a symbol of America. At twelve, Ben began to learn the printing business. Ben worked for his brother James in a printing office in Boston. At twenty-two he opened his own office in Philadelphia. His most famous publications were The Pennsylvania Gazette and the annual Poor Richard’s Almamack. Ben was probably the most involved statesman out of everybody. He was the only one to have signed all four of the documents which helped create in United States of America. They were the Declaration of Independence; the Treaty of Alliance, Amity, and Commerce; the Treaty ...