Throughout all of human history‚ the acts brought on by disobedience have pioneered mankind into greatness. After all‚ it is through disobedience that one can hope to ever accomplish something truly extraordinary‚ for it is the act of defying authority that often brings about revolution against the unjust and an altered perspective of reality. Disobedience is an essential facet of society—needed to march progressively into a brighter future. Perhaps one of the most renowned examples of disobedience
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Benjamin franklin Definition: Statesman‚ publisher‚ inventor‚ and patriot known for writing Poor Richard’s Almanac‚ keeping France on the side of America during the Revolutionary War‚ and inventing all kinds of useful things‚ including bifocal glasses and the lightning rod. He was the American representative to England for a few years. He was also minister to France for many years and became a national hero there. His last great deed was serving as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
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American colonists (from the British)‚ Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union in order to secure the Iroquois loyalty and raise inter-colonial unity/agreement. Through political cartoon such as the famous ’Join‚ or Die’ fragmented snake‚ Ben Franklin hinted at the fact that‚ against a common enemy (in this case‚ the French and Huron Indian tribes)‚ unity was of necessity in order to strengthen America as a whole (Doc. A). Furthermore‚ Ben Franklin expressed his opinion or unity at the
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all elites and wealthy philosophers and politicians during the Enlightenment‚ which later influence elites and wealthy white men in Britain who couldn’t tolerate the mercantilistic idea of Britain’s acts. George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ Benjamin Franklin were all founding fathers of our nations who owned slaves and were wealthy men in the upper class. Without these elect men our country would not be as well founded and stable than farmers revolting and starting mobocracies. Britain just wanted
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found on: "Thomas Paine." Bio. A&E Television Networks‚ 2014. Web. 06 Oct. 2014. http://www.biography.com/people/thomas-paine-9431951#final-years In 1774‚ Thomas Paine had moved to Philadelphia upon recommendation of his new acquaintance‚ Benjamin Franklin. He had started to edit for the Pennsylvania Magazine in 1775. During this time‚ he had published several more articles‚ most of them were anonymous. One reason Paine may have argued that America was still being held slave to Britain in his article
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Happiness Strength. No‚ not meaning muscle strength‚ but strength in the mind- your mental capability of overcoming obstacles in your life that has brought you down and made you think that you cannot get back up. Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.” No one can hand you happiness on a silver platter; you have to obtain it yourself and that comes from how strong you are to pick yourself
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(Oliver Stone p.3) People can walk by the homeless and think they aren’t important but in reality most of them are. Most of them are veterans from war who saved us and our ancestors. “Within these walls they were born‚ and here they shall die.” (Benjamin Franklin p.2) In today’s society‚ teenagers and kids look up to celebrities‚ the unrealistic people who have money solely by fame. Some do look up to good celebrities though. They could be Taylor swift who donated 4 million to the Country Hall of
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in something. It is the same as life‚ if you are certain with your life you are successful and can move mountains; doubt makes you weak and you are succumbed by the mountains. Leaders like this were Aristotle‚ a philosopher in physics‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ the inventor of electricity‚ and more modern leaders such as FDR‚ and JFK‚ Bill Gates‚ Steve Jobs. They saw the world through eyes of certainty. Certainty gave them the power to discover a new world. They took what others saw as impossible and
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Roger Sherman was one of the men that signed the Declaration of Independence and he had a pretty interesting life. He was born in Newton‚ Massachusetts. He didn’t know anything else beside what his dad’s books told him. For the first part of his career he was a shoemaker’s apprentice. Even though he didn’t know much when he was a kid as he grew up his dad got more books for his library. He also got his minister that was from Harvard to teach him more things. When his father died‚ he was 22
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Literature during the American Revolution 1. This time period produced several famous authors including Benjamin Franklin‚ Paul Revere‚ Thomas Paine‚ etc. Many of the writings of the time are written from the battlefront or from a perspective of the revolutionary. Many less famous pieces were written from English loyalists and are equally important to understanding the literature of the time. 2. Unfortunately many of the writing of the time are lost because they were written on the battlefront
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