Read the excerpt from the introductory note of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.
father, Josiah Franklin, was a
"Benjamin Franklin was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His
tallow chandler [candle maker] who married twice, and of his seventeen
children Benjamin was the youngest
son. His schooling ended at ten, and at twelve he was bound apprentice to his brother James, a printer, who
published the 'New England Courant.' To this journal he became a contributor, and later was for a time its
nominal editor. But the brothers quarreled, and Benjamin ran away, going first to New
York, and thence to
Philadelphia, where he arrived in October, 1723."
What is a central idea of this excerpt?

Benjamin Franklin's father was a candle maker named Josiah.

Benjamin Franklin stopped
in New York before moving to Philadelphia

Benjamin Franklin held
different jobs for the 'New England Courant."

Benjamin Franklin was the youngest son of seventeen chidren.