A first book in American history with European beginnings . together, a keywas tied. When Franklin saw a thunderstorm cominghe went out and raised the kite. A thundercloud passedover it; and after a little, the loose fibers of the hempstring stood out stiffly. Franklin put his knuckles to thekey and received astrong shock. Then hetried to fill a Leyclenjar with the electricitywhich came down thestring, and he suc-ceeded. Thus he hadproved his theory. Franklins next in-vention was the light-ning rod to protecthouses from lightningby conducting elec-tricity into the ground. In 1753 Franklinwas m
A first book in American history with European beginnings . together, a keywas tied. When Franklin saw a thunderstorm cominghe went out and raised the kite. A thundercloud passedover it; and after a little, the loose fibers of the hempstring stood out stiffly. Franklin put his knuckles to thekey and received astrong shock. Then hetried to fill a Leyclenjar with the electricitywhich came down thestring, and he suc-ceeded. Thus he hadproved his theory. Franklins next in-vention was the light-ning rod to protecthouses from lightningby conducting elec-tricity into the ground. In 1753 Franklinwas made postmaster-general of the colonies,and made many im-provements in thepostal service. The people of thecolonies now began tosee that the Frenchwere pushing their way to the headwaters of the Ohioand down Lake Champlain from the north, and that theywere determined to profit by the discoveries whichChamplain and La Salle had made many years must be done to stop the French, so theEnglish colonies sent men to Albany to meet the chiefs 181. Franklin and His Kite. A FIRST BOOK IN AMERICAN HISTORY of the Iroquois (the old enemies of the French) and tofind means of holding the country. Pennsylvania sentFranklin as her representative to the convention. Onthe way to Albany, Franklin made a plan for the union ofthe colonies under one government. When the convention met, several plans were talkedover, and it was decided that Franklins was the when the scheme was laid before the different coloniesthey did not like it because, they said, it did not givethe colonists enough power. And when it was laid be-fore the people of England, they said it gave the coloniststoo much power. So the plan, wise as it was, was notadopted. Later when the battle of Lexington had been fought,and the farmers at Concord had fired the shot heardround the world, and the American Revolution had be-gun, Franklin was sent as a delegate to the Second Con-tinental Congress; and he was one of
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