what was the historical significane of poor richar's almanack published by benjamin franklin?

Answer 1

Poor Richard's Almanack was very impactful during colonial America. It was a very concise book full of all kinds of things relevant to everyday living, sort of a literary Martha Stewart Magazine with current events, issues of the day, short stories and poems thrown into the mix. It was used extensively for farming.

Answer 2

Almanacs, such as Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack caused an increase in available reading matter after about 1650 which promoted the spread of education to the middle classes, especially to women. The wider readership is reflected among the middle classes by the rich development of the prose novel in the 18th century and, among the less well-to-do, by the large sales of almanacs and chapbooks. They usually consisted of miscellaneous information and homiletic matter (collections of religious and moral sayings),

Answer 3

eventually became the forerunner of the Saturday Evening Post Magazine.