The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin A Book Review History 5 March 2010 2 Introduction "If you would not be forgotten‚ as soon as you are dead and rotten‚ either write things worth reading‚ or do things worth the writing." - Benjamin Franklin Written over a period of nearly 30 years and covering his life only until 1759 (he died in 1790)‚ “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” is actually tells approximately half of his life story as everyone knows of this great man
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Benjamin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massaschuetts as the 15th of 17 children to Josiah Franklin. At a young age Benjamin’s future was already decided for him‚ and to please his father he followed suit. However Benjamin found reading and writing to be so fascinating that it pushed him to leave his family and move to Philadelphia where the journey of who he would become began. Benjamin didn’t come from poverty‚ in fact he came from a wealthy family who owned a printing business‚ he was
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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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“All will end well.” (The Signers‚ page 43) This was Dr. Benjamin Rush’s favorite saying which summed up his life of vast accomplishments‚ as evidenced in a letter to Thomas Jefferson from John Adams that he knew “of no Character living or dead‚ who has done more real good in America” (Benjamin Rush‚ Patriot and Physician‚ page ix). He was a great doctor at the time he lived and worked diligently to heal countless people. However‚ his methods of curing people were dangerous and he probably hurt
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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Benjamin was tenth of seventeen brothers and sisters. His parents name are Josiah and Abiah Franklin. Growing up Benjamin family could not afford to attend school. With the struggle of getting an education‚ Ben still became well known in society. Ben accomplish many great thing such as the Declaration of Independence‚ the U.S. Constitution‚ and he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. He also
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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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CHAPTER 6 Securing Independence‚ Defining Nationhood‚ 1776–1788 0Chapter Themes The British had two main advantages over the United States in the Revolution. They greatly outnumbered the 2.5 million Americans‚ one-third of whom were either slaves or loyalists‚ and they possessed superior naval and military forces. But British resources were severely strained. The United States mobilized its people more effectively and created an army of 220‚000 troops‚ compared to 162‚000 British troops. The U
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CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN HOTELS IN CAPE TOWN MBUNGWANA CHRISTINE LUNGISWA 2009 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN HOTELS IN CAPE TOWN by MBUNGWANA CHRISTINE LUNGISWA Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Quality in the Faculty of Engineering at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Supervisor: A Bester Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. J A Watkins D. Phil.‚ D. Com.‚ Ph. D. Bellville November 2009 ii DECLARATION I‚ Christine Mbungwana‚ hereby
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b. Current Trends of Outbound Tourism Hong Kong is one of the largest outbound tourism markets in Asia and was ranked just after China (4th in Asia) and 15th in the World in 2010. The trends of departure population and international spending are both rising through years. According to UNWTO‚ Hong Kong generated US$17.5 billion on international tourism expenditure in 2010‚ up 12% over 2009. Compared to China at US $54.9 billion‚ Japan at US$27.9 billion and South Korea at US$17.7 billion in the
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