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Why is the electrical charge of an electron -1?

April 26, 2017charge electrical electron Mathematics Physics

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Why is the electrical charge of an electron -1?

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Physicists have chosen to define the amount of charge that an electron carries as one. Since an electron is negatively charged, it becomes -1, as opposed to the +1 charge that a proton carries.