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
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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
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Maryland‚ and Delaware‚ and after thirty-two days‚ arrived in Philadelphia. Congress originally tossed aside even considering letting Lafayette fight; but they would soon be persuaded. Not only did Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane write a letter to Congress on Lafayette’s behalf‚ but Lafayette also took the liberty to write a letter to Congress as well. He wrote‚ “After the sacrifices I have made‚ I have the right to exact two favours: one is‚ to serve at my own expense‚ - the other is‚ to serve at first
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN From Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America and one of the greatest inventors of all time. He invented many objects including: the Bifocals‚ Lightning Rod‚ The Franklin Stove‚ Swim Fins and much more. One of his most famous discoveries was electricity. Franklin began working on electricity after he heard a lecture about it in Scotland in 1743. Five years later he sent a letter over it to the Royal Society
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figures we have had in the United States‚ the first person that comes to my mind is Benjamin Franklin. He influenced me by being more than one person. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States‚ a noted polymath‚ a printer‚ a leading author‚ political theorist‚ politician‚ post master‚ scientist‚ inventor‚ civic activist‚ statesman‚ and diplomat. Whatever our country needed him to be‚ he was. Benjamin Franklin was a man who never limited himself‚ if there was a problem he would try to be
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in their homes‚ in their jobs or in their society. And those who take the initiative to face them are those who lead the changes. These people are described as very influential people. And history has a special chapter for them. Jesus Christ‚ Benjamin Franklin and Charles Darwin are very good example of people who positively influence changes.
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Men like Benjamin Franklin are known for establishing themselves from nothing to becoming some of the most successful men in the world. Franklin worked his way from a boy too poor to attend Harvard to one of the most famous people in Colonial America. Aside from Franklin‚ the human race is generally predisposed to move up the economic and social ladder‚ whether it be through obtaining knowledge
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Liberty The definition of liberty to me is still best expressed by Thomas Jefferson‚ who once gave us the following definition: “Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will‚ and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.” This definition of liberty was and still is the foundation for us to follow. I would like to expand
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document of American history. Before I read the article "Words Matter" I was unaware that the the Declaration of Independence had a few words changed and erased from the document. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams helped revise the Declaration of Independence‚ part of the revisions included handwritten corrections from Franklin and Adams. As stated by Fenella France "It appeared as Jefferson wrote "subjects" with the customary ink-dipped quill and then used his hand to wipe out the word while the ink
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It was raining heavily‚ the sky turned stygian and the only thing that could be heard was the rumble of thunder. We ushered to a nearby store to buy necessary items. While I was paying at the counter‚ a young girl of about the age of James‚ asked me if we were new here‚ because she hadn’t seen us and asked where were staying ‚ her face went pale and I could see she got goose bumps‚ when I told her we were staying in #7777. She could not speak anymore and suddenly went cold‚ I immediately called
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