“Words may show a man’s wit‚ but actions his meaning.” Although possessing the gift of a silver tongue‚ Benjamin Franklin allowed his actions to speak louder than his words as seen through his many contributions to society‚ threw his acts against authority‚ popular belief‚ and political involvement. Better known for a man whole help shape America………… At the age of sixteen‚ a young Benjamin Franklin posed as a widow under the name of‚ Silence Dogood. Under his alias‚ he delivered a series of letters
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Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest‚” showing how important he thought learning was (Isaacson 5). Born in 1706‚ Franklin was a key figure in early American history. His work had a major impact on American society and still influences us today. Benjamin Franklin made significant contributions as a politician‚ scientist‚ and publisher. Franklin started his political career in Pennsylvania‚ where he served in the Assembly and became an important leader
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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
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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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Fredrick Douglas and Benjamin Franklin are two memorable individuals who have had a remarkable impact on their nation and time period. Even though Douglas and Franklin came from two completely different backgrounds they both faced many obstacles throughout their lives. Despite being from different time periods the two shared many things in common like the fact that they were both self-made‚ both Franklin and Douglas were able to turn nothing into something against all odds. While these two shared
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Benjamin Franklin and William Penn were different in many ways‚ but they both helped to create Philadelphia. William Penn was a Quaker that was born in England‚ and he was the son of an admiral in the navy. The Quakers were not treated very well in England because the king‚ King Charles the second‚ wanted everyone to be Protestant. That is why the king created the church of England that was for Protestants only. King charles even went as far as executing people for their beliefs. Penn wanted to
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his own university‚ and invented several pivotal technological advances‚ Benjamin Franklin – one of America’s leading forefathers – was a prominent‚ innovative leader‚ whose ideas and life achievements were important to the founding of America and led to the creation of the idea of the American Dream. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1706 to a large lower-middle class family. In his autobiography‚ Franklin works his way up through the class system until he becomes a famous scientist
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Benjamin Franklin is known for many things. Being the face of the hundred dollar bill‚ a writer‚ signing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution‚ or even as an inventor. What many people don’t know‚ is that Benjamin Franklin had created what he called ‘his plan’. He followed this plan until he was 79 years old. It was at 79 that we wrote about his life. One of the stories he tells is the speckled axe. I think that the speckled axe can provide guidance to any teenager. Benjamin Franklin’s
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Jonathan Edwards and John Winthrop both wrote and preached sermons that had a great impact on the Puritans. These American early writers had very little in common; however‚ they both believed significantly in the straightforward values and ethics of Christianity. The alteration between the two men and these sermons most likely stemmed from the time frame the sermons were written. Winthrop wrote on the verge of a new religious and community experience. Edwards felt the ideals of the new world that
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Benjamin Franklin is credited for this saying. It was published in his book‚ Poor Richard’s Almanack. Benjamin Franklin‚ the man who revolutionized electricity‚ was also one of the U.S.’s founding fathers. Franklin made huge contributions to the political foundation of the United States and Franklin also had a genius mind for invention. He cleaned and lit the roads of Philadelphia’s streets. The creation of the Library Company was a chief accomplishment by Franklin in his era. His aid to the Philadelphia’s
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