Greetings‚ I am Benjamin Franklin. I have done many important jobs over the course of my life. I was a printer‚ publisher‚ inventor‚ scientist‚ philosopher‚ musician‚ and economist to name a few. Growing up in America in the early 1700s‚ I was a strong Patriot and am most proud of the jobs I did that contributed to the Revolutionary War. In being a member of the Second Continental Congress and signing the Declaration of Independence‚ serving as a diplomat‚ and writing and signing the treaty of Paris
Premium United States United States Declaration of Independence American Revolution
feel as if Benjamin Franklin was forced down your throat when you were growing up. Don’t get me wrong I understand why you feel that way. However‚ Franklin should’ve guided you throughout your entire life. Franklin one stated‚ “Lost time is never found again.” Do remember that being thrown at you as a kid? I didn’t’ think so. Franklin meant that the time that is wasted would never be given again. Basically‚ don’t sit around and take advantage of life. You could’ve benefited from Franklin if you would’ve
Premium
Rosemont‚ Henry. "Benjamin Franklin and the Philadelphia Typographical Strikers of 1786." Labor History‚ no. 22 (1981): 398-429. Henry Rosemont’s article‚ "Benjamin Franklin and the Philadelphia Typographical Strikers of 1786" discusses the history behind the Philadelphia printer’s strike of 1786 and the strikers’ relationship with Benjamin Franklin. According to Rosemont‚ "these were the first American workers who deliberately voted to stand out for a specific wage and to provide mutual assistance
Premium Benjamin Franklin United States United States Constitution
“Benjamin Franklin on Rev. George Whitefield (1763)” Response Questions 1. Why is Whitefield inspired to build an orphanage in Georgia? Why does Franklin oppose the plan? Georgia was the last colony to be founded in the New World by Great Britain. Its purpose was to be a buffer between Spanish Florida and Great Britain’s other eleven colonies. It became in habited by Britain’s outcasts such as debtors and criminals. At the time‚ Georgia was mostly woods and unfit for farming without proper land
Premium Education Family School
Benjamin Franklin and Booker T. Washington were both American personalities that assumed great importance in the history of the United States. Franklin was born in 1706‚ in Boston‚ to an English father and an American mother. Washington‚ on the other hand‚ having a family history of slaves‚ did not know his origins or anything about his ancestries. As the author himself says in his autobiography‚ “My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable‚ desolate‚ and discouraging surroundings
Premium United States Benjamin Franklin American Revolution
Franklin‚ Paine and the Age of Enlightenment From the end of the 1700s and through the early 1800s‚ America was beginning to see a change in civilization. People were moving from Puritan thoughts and ways towards a new way of a less superstitious‚ more scientific and intellectual interchange. This movement called the Age of Enlightenment influenced the styles and writings of those like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine. The Age of Enlightenment was a period of questioning and appliance of reasoning
Premium Age of Enlightenment Scientific revolution Scientific method
Sanders 12/14/15 Two uniquely American life stories: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Although Benjamin Franklin and Fredrick Douglass began their lives on the opposite sides of the black-white divide in America‚ their personal narratives contain many parallel features. Both suffered a kind of slavery—indentured servitude to his brother in the case of Franklin and actual slavery in the south in the case of Douglass—and both later rose to
Premium Slavery in the United States Frederick Douglass Slavery
Professor Butler Commemorative Speech – Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “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”. He was a man certainly worthy of praise as he did both. He lived those words by writing and doing as much as he could. He wrote volumes and volumes of papers‚ almanacs‚ journals‚ and even an autobiography that proved to be very popular. Benjamin Franklin was one of our Founding Fathers
Premium Benjamin Franklin American Revolution Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin was a very successful and influential politician‚ postmaster‚ scientist‚ and printer. Benjamin Franklin is among one of the most important figures in American history‚ arguably‚ the history of mankind. Without Benjamin Franklin‚ it might be said that the world today would be extremely different. It took him an entire lifetime‚ however‚ to make that name for himself and contribute the many benefactions he had to give to the world. Starting as a child‚ his unique and ambitious personality
Premium
An idea about happiness by Artem Polischuk “Most people are as happy‚ as they make up their minds to be” Abraham Lincoln There is hardly a person in the world who could really define such a complicated feeling as happiness. First of all a man must realize and know what it means. It often happens that a great amount of people only pretend to know something about happiness. It also happens that people realize how happy they are but they don’t speak about it. I can’t claim that I know what happiness
Premium Emotion Feeling Sun