2025 civics test · Question 85 of 128 · Colonial Period and Independence

Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

Official answers

• Founded the first free public libraries
• First Postmaster General of the United States
• Helped write the Declaration of Independence
• Inventor
• U.S. diplomat

Why

Benjamin Franklin was a Founder, an inventor, and a diplomat who helped negotiate the 1783 peace treaty with Great Britain. He also became the first Postmaster General and helped start the first free libraries. He helped write the Declaration of Independence too. Any one of these is correct.