As growing up Benjamin Franklin was intelligent which lead him to his success. Benjamin Franklin was born in boston on january 17‚ 1706. He was born in a poor family as his dad Josiah was a poor soap and candle maker. His mom was his dad’s second wife Abiah. Benjamin franklin was the youngest son of seventeen children and the fifteenth child of seventeen siblings. At the age of ten Benjamin began to help in his father’s shop‚cutting candle work and filling molds. Benjamin only went to school for
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John Calvin John Calvin was a theologian/ecclesiastical statesman. He also fought as a protestant for the reformation he was mostly known for being one of the most important people in the reformation. John Calvin was born in France in July 10‚ 1509. In 1523 he went to the University in Paris where he studied theology then‚ in 1528 John Calvin went to law school at University of Orleans. The only reason he studied law was because his father wanted him to but in 1531 when his father died John Calvin
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6. 10‚ Helen began to learn to speak verbally‚ and would go on to be the first blind and deaf person to graduate from college. Helen wanted to share her experiences with the world in hopes of bringing attention to people with disabilities. Her goal was to improve the lives of those who lived with disabilities‚ as well as becoming an advocate for women’s issues. Helen met many famous people‚ and used her connections and celebrity status to help raise awareness for her causes‚ even testifying before
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wish on having an heir for the throne was accomplished. Towards the end of his reign Henry passed the Six Articles which’s aim was to be sure the Church remain Catholic and the Protestants who did not accept the Catholicism was persecuted and even burned. Due to the obesity Henry died from natural causes in 1547. His only male heir Edward VI became king at his nine. Edward was the first monarch in England who was about to be raised as a Protestant. Henry was organized a cabinet regency to rule on
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Isaac Euchel wrote about Moses Mendelssohn. Moses was a model for Jews in Germany during the late 1770’s‚ and a dominant figure in the emergence of the Haskalah. The Haskalah borrowed many forms and categories from the already existing European Enlightenment‚ but its contents were largely derived from medieval Jewish philosophy and biblical exegesis. Within the novel‚ Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment‚ David Sorkin conveys how Moses made the German Enlightenment compatible with
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participative leader of the Federal Reserve. Alan had a positive impact on the U.S. economy through his way of dealing with inflation. He achieved the role of being one of the most powerful men in America‚ Federal Reserve Chairman. Alan Greenspan was born to a Jewish family in New York City on March 6‚ 1926. As a young child Greenspan attended grammar school and from a young age showed amazing potential. Greenspan excelled through school completing seventh through ninth grade in two years. Later
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life helping others achieve freedom. She was a conductor on the underground railroad and a leading abolitionist. She was viewed as a hero of the African-American community and more. Imagine being twelve and separated from your family. As a young child‚ Harriet was sold at least five times. Each time she was beat up giving her scars for the rest of her life. Even though she was a child she was doing jobs of an adult. For example‚ at the age of five Harriet was given the job of many house chores and
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accomplishments she was also faced with many challenges. Getting admitted to a medical school was one of her first and probably one of her greatest challenges. The education she had from England was not enough to get her into medical school‚ she lived with the families of two doctors who were able to give her mentoring and during her spare time she read medical books. Many medical colleges refused her application‚ except for Geneva College in New York. It is believed that the only reason she was sent a letter
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Egypt‚ although it was never properly acknowledged by the British. What made Gladstone’s problematic government enlightening is that countless of its problems arose out of Gladstone’s determination to go against the tide of imperialism. The outcome of Gladstone’s policies was the creation of Liberal Imperialists‚ who advocated for an active state that pursued national interests overseas‚ and social reforms at home. However‚ the immediate result of Gladstone’s failing government was the return of
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were most important was bank failures‚ the reduction of items being purchased‚ and the Hawley-Smoot Tariff. One contributing factor to the Great Depression was America’s weak banking system. Even though the Federal Reserve System was created in 1913 most of America’s banks were small. So‚ these individual institutions had to rely on their own resources. When there was a panic‚ depositors would rush to take money out of the bank.Then‚ the bank would go under when the bank did not have enough money
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