Ben Franklin was pulled out of school by his father at 7 yearsold and apprentice to a candle maker. Franklin hated it. He alwayswas a thinker and reader. His father would beat him if he found himreading. As a young man he invented things and this continued allof his life. Finally his father allowed him to leave the candlemaker and become an apprentice to his brother’s printing business.When his brother was arrested by the British for publishingseditious letters in his newspaper Ben took over the business andran it. After serving his sentence his brother returned to run thepaper and forced Ben to sign another 7 year apprenticeship. At thispoint he was 17 and didn’t want to do seven more years as anapprentice so he ran away and ended up in Philadelphia where helived most of his life. Yet, he also owned property in London.