Mathematician and astronomer Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9‚ 1731‚ in Ellicott’s Mills‚ Maryland. Largely self-taught‚ Banneker was one of the first African Americans to gain distinction in science. His significant accomplishments and correspondence with prominent political figures profoundly influenced how African Americans were viewed during the Federal period. Benjamin Banneker‚ originally Banna Ka‚ or Bannakay‚ was a free African American mathematician‚ astronomer‚ clockmaker‚ and publisher
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to change‚ their lack of perseverance still causes a poor outcome next time. Benjamin Franklin is one of the best example of a successful image throughout the history. Although having no eminent family background‚ he had himself work-hard to become a admirable person‚ one of the Founding Fathers of United States. Everyone fairly has 24 hours per day‚ yet he was able to surpass so many people in different realms. Benjamin Franklin had been through innumerable setbacks in his entire life‚ but other
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Stability In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World the motto of the new state is "COMMUNITY‚ IDENTITY‚ STABILITY"(3). Creativity‚ expression and imagination are sacrificed to attain this. Each citizen is conditioned to do what they like and like what they do. In our society people often do jobs because they think that they will make a lot of money‚ or because they are pressured by others. We are encouraged to put ourselves into thousands of dollars of debt to be successful instead of doing what we
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Eric Marek HIST1301 21 December 2015 Ben Franklin: The First American “A penny saved is a penny earned.” That well known quote is from none other than the famous Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was born in Boston on January 17‚ 1706. Josiah Franklin‚ Benjamin’s father‚ was a candle and soap maker. In Josiah’s first marriage with Anne Child‚ they had seven children together. Then in his second marriage with Abiah Folger‚ they had ten more children. Ben was his fifteenth child and his youngest son. Franklin
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[pic] I am a provider‚ to those living and to those not: My abundant leaves for the paper you waste‚ My towering trunk for what furniture’s based‚ Air breathed and fruits consumed‚ I bestow upon you. I am a tree; please acknowledge me. 5 I am like a child‚ defenseless‚ desperate‚ and delicate. High and mighty I stand without bothering your people‚ Yet you ravenously wreck the grounds of the feeble. What was once plenty is now
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Benjamin Franklin By Sriharika Benjamin Franklin was a printer‚ scientist‚ humorist‚ author‚ and inventor‚ but before he became what we know of him now he was a kid. He had nine brothers and seven sisters. His father‚ Josiah Franklin was a soap‚ and candles tradesman. Ben loved reading. He read very fast for someone his age. The Franklins always had one night of the week when everyone would gather around the fireplace while one person would tell story. It had to one that no one has read‚ or
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Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography and Biography American Writers to 1865 Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography and Biography Benjamin Franklin starts his autobiography with “Dear Son‚ I have ever had a Pleasure in obtaining any little antecdotes of my Ancestors. You may remember the Enquires I made among the Remains of my relations when you were with me in England; and the journey I took for that purpose (Franklin‚ 1771‚ p. 231).” Franklin was sixty five when he started his autobiography
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THEORIST: Benjamin Bloom Benjamin S. Bloom was a Jewish-American educational psychologist; he was born in Lansford‚ Pennsylvania on 21st February‚ 1913. Benjamin Bloom attended the Pennsylvania State University where he obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1935. He then moved to the University of Chicago and completed a Ph.D. in education in 1942‚ and served as a member of the Board of Examinations from 1940 - 1943. In 1944 he was appointed as the Instructor of Educational Psychology;
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WW2 weapons from the ETO / Warfare History The best American Infantry weapon had to be the M1 Garand. Even General Patton credited the American semi-automatic rifle as one reason we won the war. While other nations were equipped primarily with WWI vintage bolt action rifles that held no more than 5-6 rounds‚ the Garand held 10 rounds and was semi automatic. This increased the fire power of a 12 man squad dramatically over that of a similar squad armed with only bolt action rifles. The Germans
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Jessica Baird Period 4 3/11/13 Abstract Title: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin‚ 1706-1757 Author: Benjamin Franklin Summary: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin was written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however‚ Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a torturous publication history after Franklin’s death‚ this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of autobiography ever written. One of the most powerful and
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