Summer Peterson 12-13-06 Hour 3 7 Great Virtues - Ben Franklin - The first virtue Ben Franklin wanted was “An Aversion to Tyranny”. The main idea of this to Ben is that he doesn’t like tyranny‚ which is power or control of one person. He didn’t like to be told what to do to and he also liked some control and therefore‚ have a limited government. Ben didn’t want any dictatorship either‚ which meant no kings or queens. Franklin realized that he didn’t like the idea of tyranny when he was 12
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SARAH PIERPONT (1710-1758) SARAH was BORN in one seven one zero. SARAH DIED in one seven five eight. In other words...SARAH was born in seventeen ten and died seventeen fiftyeight. She died at 48. (1710-1758) Edwards is well jnown for her life of Christian piety‚ her mystical expierences‚ and her merrige to pastor Johnathan Edwards. Apart from a handful of letters her only extant work is a spiritual narrative that was published more than seventy years after her death. The narrative relates
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He that goes a-borrowing goes a -sorrowing Do not make borrowing a habit as you will suffer for it in the end. ’He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.’ (Benjamin Franklin) To borrow means ’to take and use something that belongs to somebody else‚ and returns it to them at a later time.’ But is this as clear as it’s presented in the dictionary? Does this action lead to unpleasurable consequences? Borrowing is a doomed cause. It ends with its beginning‚ like a closed circle and never lets
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In his lifetime he served as a philosopher‚ revolutionary‚ and a political theorist. Paine is considered one of the founding fathers of the US; along with some great gentlemen like Benjamin Franklin‚ George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and other great names. He was the author of two of the most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution along with inspiring the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Great Britain
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Remarks concerning the Savages of North America Benjamin Franklin’’s argument was explaining the difference in lifestyles of the Indians and the Americans. Why should they be called savages just because their lifestyle is different than ours. The Indians have no police or anyone to rule the disobedience of their community nor anyone to punish them. The Indian men are the backbone of their culture they are hunters and warriors and the women are there solely to take care of the children and nourish
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against attacks by the Indians and the French. The first attempt at creating colonial unity was made by Benjamin Franklin in 1754‚ after the start of the French and Indian War. This was called the Albany Plan. The Albany Plan called for an intercolonial government with the right to tax‚ pass laws‚ and supervise military defense. Seven of thirteen colonies were represented. To further his cause‚ Franklin published a cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette. The cartoon showed eight disjointed pieces of a snake
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widespread rejection of prophecy‚ miracle and revealed religion in preference for Deism-especially by Thomas Paine in "The Age of Reason" and by Thomas Jefferson in his short Jefferson Bible-from which all supernatural aspects were removed. Benjamin Franklin was influential in America‚ England‚ Scotland‚ and France‚ for his political activism and for his advances in physics. Works Cited: Rahn‚ Josh. “The
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The colonies were not unified. Benjamin Franklin discovered this quite clearly when he invented the Albany Plan of Union in 1754. This plan‚ under the slogan "Join‚ or Die‚" would have brought the colonial rivals together to meet the common threat of the French and Indians. Much to Franklin’s chagrin‚ this plan was soundly defeat. Much happened between the years of 1763 and 1776. The colonists felt unfairly taxed‚ watched over like children‚ and ignored in their attempts to address grievances. Religious
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Britain; the Sons of Liberty were a group that allegedly tarred and feathered the government officials that were going to enforce the Stamp Act. The Colonist’s reaction is clearly shown in Benjamin Franklin’s letter to John Hughs‚ from London to Pennsylvania‚ August 9th‚ 1765. In this letter‚ Benjamin Franklin says‚ “As to the Stamp Act‚ tho we purpose [propose] doing our Endeavor to get it repeal’d in which I am sure you would conquer with us‚ yet the Success is uncertain. If it continues‚ your
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courthouse steps to streets that were packed with 78‚000 people. In Philadelphia Whitefield became friends with a famous agnostic‚ then turned devout “Deist” (some say Christian)‚ named Benjamin Franklin. Franklin loved to hear him speak‚ he wrote about him with glowing praise‚ and became his American publisher. Franklin was amazed at the carrying power of his voice‚ and calculating how far it traveled‚ estimated that in an open space‚ as many as 30‚000 people could hear his voice. He was thus convinced
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