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    Sandra

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    Many people go thought difficult obstacles in order to Reach their goals‚ dreams‚ and become successful. Benjamin defines success as being perfect. In the other Hand‚ Sandra also define success by going to college and Being on her own without any help. Benjamin Franklin and Sandra Cisneros are both famous writers who Achieved their success in their own way. Benjamin and Sandra have so many similarities such as They both struggled a lot on their process of becoming Successful.

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    American Dreams

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    American Dreams Essay #2 The definition of the “American Dream” is obtaining a beautiful house with a white picket fence; kids are playing in the freshly cut green lawn with your yellow lab dog‚ you holding your young wife while having a new Chevrolet pickup truck and a Lund boat sitting in the driveway. It’s coming home from a long day of work for your kids to come jumping into your arms full excitement while you smile and kiss your spouse. As for many people vision these scenes from things they

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    were unsuccessful in the beginning because of their lack of unity. Benjamin Franklin saw this as a major problem and urged unity. In the Pennsylvania Gazette‚ he drew his famous cartoon of a broken snake with the caption "Join or Die." A meeting was held in Albany in the spring of 1754 to address this issue. Colonial leaders‚ officials and representatives from seven of the British colonies attended the conference. Benjamin Franklin and Massachusetts governor Thomas Hutchinson together drafted

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    In the late 1700’s Benjamin Franklin wrote a document called “Information to Those Who Would Remove to America” it was a document that was a response to rumors that were floating around Europe during this time. Franklin was trying to let people know that America was not a land of the rich. It was a type of warning to the people of Europe that if they wanted to come here it was anything but easy‚ and things were not given out like hand outs. America at this time was anything but a simple place to

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    and passengers after The Mary Celeste’s departure. Was it piracy‚ mutiny‚ murder‚ alcohol fumes‚ or a curse? ... The mystery of The Mary Celeste is True and what you are about to discover is real. The Mary Celeste was captained by Benjamin Spooner Briggs in 1872. Benjamin Spooner Briggs was married to Sarah Elizabeth Briggs; they had two children‚ Arthur and Sophia. Captain Briggs was a very experienced master mariner and spent much of his life at sea. Briggs seemed to be a family man who worked hard

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    1778 Minutemen 1) Declaration of Independence Treaty of Paris‚ 1783 Bunker Hill June 1776 Second Continental Congress Benjamin Franklin‚ ambassador to France No effective British blockade of American Coast 2) Locke and the enlightenment George Washington Saratoga‚ October 1777; led to French Alliance Patrick Henry “Give me Liberty or give me Death” John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ John Jay Trenton‚ December 1776 4) Thomas Paine‚ Common Sense and The Crisis American geographical expanse

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    In Benjamin Franklin’s writing “Rules by Which a Great Empire May be Reduced to a Small One”‚ he attempts‚ without success‚ to convince the king and Parliament of Britain to change their control of policies towards the American Colonies. This publishing did very well to highlight the main issues of America caused by the British Government. Franklin’s writing uses excessive rhetorical devices to portray his patriotic opinion towards the British Crown‚ such as Satire‚ Figurative Language‚ and Diction

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    History

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    Ben Franklin- Special Assignment 1. What was Benjamin Franklin’s philosophy of life? What were his religious beliefs? a. Franklin‚ believed that science could solve the problems of human life and that knowledge came from the senses‚ observation‚ and experimentation. Society‚ economy and human affairs Franklin believed that they should be applied to knowledge. School was defiantly a big part of Franklin he was very dedicated to his studying. Franklin made a proposal that was very important to exposed

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    The Enlightenment Writers

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    different from‚ those of the writers of earlier periods. Four major Enlightenment writers were Benjamin Franklin‚ Thomas Paine‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Patrick Henry. Their main purpose was to write to educate and edify and not so much as to write for aesthetic purposes. Most of their work was designed to convey truth or give sound instruction on such issues of political‚ social‚ or economic interest as Benjamin Franklin’s "The Way to Wealth." The writers of the Enlightenment or‚ better put‚ die Aufklarung

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    The Stamp Act

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    Colonists drew up petitions stating that the right to tax belonged to assembly colonies. The colonists were very unhappy with this tax and started to do just about anything to get rid of it. Benjamin Franklin was one of the very important people who stood up to Brittan and got the Stamp Act repealed. Benjamin Franklin argued and warned the English that the continuation of this tax could lead to rebellion. In

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