What is the significance of Benjamin Franklin?

Question

What did he do that was significant to his life outcome?
What are these things in chronological order?

Answer 1

There are too many things to tell about Benjamin Franklin. He was a leading author, politician, printer, scientist, philosopher, publisher, inventor, civic activist, and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As a political writer and activist he, more than anyone, invented the idea of an American nation[1], and as a diplomat during the American Revolution, he secured the French alliance that made independence possible.

If you want all the details, go to Wikipedia and read huge article on him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

Answer 2

You might want to know he was credited for achievements Nikola Tesla did before him.
He stole his idea, did it himself and gained the money, fame, and success that should've been Tesla's.

Sometimes he was like this, acting selfishly and unethically, but none of us are perfect.

You could try to read Benjamin Franklin's and Nikola Tesla's wikipedia pages, and see what he got credited for, and how we recently discovered that it really was not him.
Look for electricity discoveries.