18th Century came up‚ the kite in Europe it was used as a scientific instrument. In 1749‚ Alexander Wilson‚ a Scottish meteorologist used the kite to lift thermometers at a height of 3000 feet to measure temperature variations at altitude. In 1752‚ Benjamin Franklin used the kite to demonstrate that lightning was similar to the static electricity that scientists were experimenting with at the time. Without the kite none of these experiments and inventions of our past inventors would have never happened
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Evolution of Colonial Unity Thesis: Between 1754-1776‚ the colonies gradually became more unified due to the changes in British policy. 1. 1754: a. Not very unified b. Albany Plan of Union i. Benjamin Franklin ii. Plan provided for an intercolonial government and a system of collecting taxes for the colonies’ defense. iii. Franklin’s efforts failed to gain the approval of a single colonial legislature. iv. Plan was rejected because the colonists did not want to relinquish control of their
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A STICH IN TIME SAVES NINE This proverb is a counsel of prudence. Timely action very often prevents a great loss. Steps taken early means less labour‚ better success‚ less chance of loss or damage. Suppose their is a slight rent‚ in your garment or crack in the enbankment. If you put in a few timely stitches and repairs‚ further mischief may well be prevented. Similarly‚ if you do not attend to your books at the proper time‚ when the examination comes‚ you are at sea‚ you will be unable to cope
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have the right to collect taxes to go towards the war effort. One of the disagreements about this part of the plan was that the larger colonies became angry because they would be paying more taxes then the smaller colonies. This would prove to be Benjamin Franklin’s most daring part of his plan. Finally‚ one of the most important parts of this plan was that it united all the colonies as one. Before this plan the militia was state based and not very professional. Also
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Prior to 1754 French & Indian War‚ the 13 North American colonies that would eventually become the United States of America were at a rate of rapid increase. Colonial trade with England has increased by over 360%‚ all colonies were reproducing successfully‚ with a rate of natural increase of 3%‚ and the population doubling every 25 years‚ and on top of that‚ colonial power increased with the idea of Salutary Neglect‚ and colonial assemblies. The French & Indian War had cause a multitude of changes
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The two main elements of Benjamin Zanders presentation that stood out the most to me was the exercises about impulses within music and how the audience was able to identify them within a classical piece and then the fact that nobody is tone deaf. The impulse within music and how the audience was able to identify them within a classical piece was significant to me because it was an easy way for those in the audience who had no experience with music to pick up the subtle ideas of how to follow the
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Cited: Franklin‚ Benjamin‚ colonial agent in London. Personal interview. 1766. Morgan‚ Edmund S. and Helen M. Morgan. The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution. Williamsburg‚ Virginia: The University of North Carolina Press‚ 1995. Otis‚ James. The Rights of the British
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as more civilized than the Europeans. Additionally‚ he also points it out the discriminating remarks toward the natives when he describes the meeting of the white people to discuss how low they would pay for the products the natives were selling. Benjamin Franklin viewed the natives as superior in several ways; “The Indian Men‚ when young‚ are Hunters and Warriors; when old‚ Counsellors; for all their Government is by the Counsel or Advice of the Sages; there is no
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Andrew Walker Mr. Ruiter Choir M3 12/14/2015 Benjamin Britten Benjamin was brought into the world on November 22‚ 1913 on the east coast of England in a town called Lowestoft. At age 5 he was composing music for the first time. His mom‚ Edith Rhoda was an amateur singer and that was his first musical exposure. Without musical guidance he somehow progressed enough to at the age of 6 write a play called “The Royal Falily”. As much as he liked music‚ he also loved mathematics as well as being
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The immense size of the east coast staggered the development of unity amongst the colonies. Many settlers never left their colony and felt more connection to England then another colonial region. Many attempts to unite the colonies were ill-fated. Benjamin Franklins Albany congress of 1754 purposed a plan for . Georgia‚ then most southern colony‚ fails to appear at almost every attempt at union until the revolution time Committees of Correspondence. But word still
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