Benjamin Franklin *extra credit*

A famous inventor in the colonial time was Benjamin Franklin. He proved that electricity was in lightning. He made an experiment with a kite. On May 10, 1753 there was a thunderstorm that went through the village of Marlyla-Ville, a retired French dragoon, acting on instructing from naturalist. The spark showed that thunderstorms are electrified and that lightning is electricity unloaded. The pamphlet was important an result it called the French attention during that time. Benjamin Franklin also was a part of the Declaration of Idependence.