What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?

Answers from the USCIS list

Give one of these answers.

• U.S. diplomat
• oldest member of the Constitutional Convention
• first Postmaster General of the United States
• writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
• started the first free libraries

Our explanation

Franklin was a U.S. diplomat: he represented the country in other nations and helped make the 1783 peace treaty with Great Britain. He was also the first Postmaster General, the head of the mail service.

Remember it

Franklin = mail, books, and travel: Postmaster General, free libraries, his Almanac, diplomat.

Source

USCIS 2025 Study Guide p. 50 (other 2008 answers listed there too). Quote: “A ‘diplomat’ is someone who travels to other countries to represent the United States. Benjamin Franklin was the diplomat who negotiated the treaty with Great Britain in 1783.”

• Civics (History and Government) Questions for the Naturalization Test (2008 version), rev. 08/21 (PDF, USCIS)

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