Well, he didn't invent the lightbulb--that was done by Thomas Edison. He did do valuable research on electricity, establishing that lightning was basically electricity.
<span>I'd say his most important contribution was serving as a member of the Continental Congress, which wrote the Declaration of Independence.</span>
In a democracy the people respects individual rights of citizens and right to own property and means of production where as communism calls for the government to tale control of all capital and industry in the country.