Consenting Fathers: Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Though Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were contemporaries‚ their views‚ backgrounds and modes of influence were very different. Benjamin Franklin was born of a large and poor family and rose to become a model of the emerging bourgeois classes in the American Colonies. Throughout his long and life‚ Franklin succeeded in business‚ science‚ and excellent statesmanship. Thomas Jefferson‚ however‚ rose out of an affluent family to become
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Dario Correa 11/20/2017 HIST-1301 Mr.Bodner Semester Writing Assignment Benjamin Franklin was a phylogram (lover of books) from a very young age; “reading was the only amusment I allow’d myself. I spent no time in taverns‚ games‚ or frolicks of any kind.” (FRANKLIN‚ Chapter 8) He would always meet up with some other book lovers and they would meet up to discuss the books they’re reading and share them. This is what inspired Franklin to start a library where all of his book club members would be able
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From Rags to Riches: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He helped write the Declaration of Independence‚ and co-wrote the U.S Constitution. However‚ he is remembered more as the face on the $100 bill than the man that invented electricity. Despite all of his accomplishments and contributions in the United States‚ Franklin believed himself to be more of a scientist than a political thinker. This irony is evident is his autobiography
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Personal Views about Franklin’s Thirteen Virtues Among Franklin’s thirteen virtues‚what impresses me most is the Sincerity. What is considered to be Sincerity? For me ‚ Whether a person is sincerity is connected with his personality and mental health is related. A man without integrity and proper moral quality will not be a sincere person. Integrity‚ is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.Incredibility is difficult for people to accept. In our whole life ‚we take integrity as a beacon
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The Benjamin Franklin You Never Knew Famous Person Report By: Ian McGowan-Jepsen For: Mrs. Crawford My famous person is named Benjamin Franklin. This book describes Benjamin Franklin as a self-improvement genius‚ inventor‚ businessman‚ scientist‚ world traveler‚ community organizer‚ and a generous person to everyone. He was the first American who was famous in both America and Europe. In this report I will list five important facts about Mr. Franklin’s
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Not only one of America’s Founding Fathers‚ Benjamin Franklin is one of the world’s most influential human beings. Most people recognize him as the face of a hundred dollar bill or the elementary school lesson of his kite in a storm discovering electricity. He was a scientist‚ an inventor‚ a printer‚ a philosopher‚ a musician‚ an economist‚ and of course a statesman. With his tremendous intellectual gifts‚ Franklin introduced devices to society that benefited America as a whole. Franklin’s most famous
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conflicts between the mother country‚ England and its American colonies‚ were the seedlings that were planted in the soils of the American Revolution that would come to light in the future for both‚ for better or for worse. I‚ William Franklin‚ as well as my father Benjamin Franklin saw the roots of the revolution spread throughout the colonies before the final development. However‚ we came to realize that we no longer shared the same views and interest‚ and we eventually did take on opposite sides of the
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Benjamin Franklin and the American Dream Allan Kulikoff‚ University of Georgia Americans refer to their Founding Fathers (Benjamin Franklin‚ George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ John Adams) with extraordinary frequency: a July 2006 Google search turned up 61.4 million references to Washington‚ 24.8 million to Franklin‚ 20.4 million to Jefferson‚ 19.2 million to Madison‚ 10.8 million to John Adams‚ and 4.6 million to Hamilton. They call upon them in to settle
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the most influential men of the eighteenth century. He was the only man to sign all of these four major documents: the Declaration of Independence‚ the Treaty of Alliance with France‚ the Constitution of the United States‚ and the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain. Franklin was an inventor‚ a philosopher‚ a writer‚ a musician‚ and he actively participated in many congressional articles used by the government of the United States of America. His tombstone‚ however‚ simply
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Some of the examples of literature and authors from this time period are Benjamin Franklin‚ and Anne Bradstreet. We read pieces of both of their literature in class‚ because they both had a great affect on American Literature when it began. What we read in class of Ben Franklin’s writing showed a new concept called rationalism. His ideas were about how self-improvement is reflected in a rationalist’s beliefs. There were virtues that he believed were important for how a person should live their lives
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