Benjamin Franklin did not just magically become successful‚ it was through hard work and commitment‚ as well as taking some chances. He worked very hard in the early parts of his life to better his own outcome. Even in his earlier writings‚ like "How To Get Riches"� you can see his views on life. To fully understand this‚ you first must take a look at young Ben. Benjamin Franklin was born in Puritan Boston on January 17‚ 1706 . His family was large: He was the 15th child born to his father‚ Josiah
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Best Men. If you had no authority you were The Populares. It sounds cool but it means The People. The rich had extravagant houses with beautiful oversights with servants catering them. The poor lived in flammable houses made of scrapings hoping to become a slave. In all households though men were the controllers. The father owned the property‚ and the father decided who their children would marry. The mother looked over the house. Rome had its fair share of games. One of the most popular events was
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The reason for this is because he joined a surrealist group and he gained notoriety‚ fame all around the world. Some would say that this lead the surrealist movement. Dali was well known for fro hi showman ship when displaying his art allowed his career to continue to go on as well as allowing him to maintain his relevancy still today. Although some say that he did few pieces of art for the surrealist community he now has many museums who celebrate the pieces
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giving four lectures a week to doctors and nurses‚ taking care for her friend’s daughter who was a morphia addict‚ a runaway girl‚ and also her two dogs. She lived a fairly mundane and busy life as a nurse; however‚ that changed on August 3rd‚ 1914 when she was back in Brussels dispatching the Dutch and German nurse homes and also making sure everyone knew that his or her first duty as a nurse was to take care for the wounded irrespective of nationality. The place she worked in became a Red Cross
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God Apollo. Apollo was a jealous God in the fact that he found out that Coronis fell in love with another mortal man which resulted in an affair. When this became apparent to Apollo‚ he had his twin sister Artemis‚ Goddess of the Hunt‚ go after Coronis and kill her. At this point‚ Coronis was pregnant and Apollo started to feel extremely guilty. So when Artemis had Coronis on the funeral pyre‚ Apollo jumped in and saved Asclepius. By doing this‚ he performed the world’s first C-Section. Once Asclepius
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life of Hispaniola(the entire island). Essentially Haiti could now claim its independence as well as identify as a republic. Socially‚ it was very significant for there be a change in society in regards to the power people of color had. People’s lives did change‚ starting off economically. The French suffered a loss of supplies and money due to a halt of embargo. Due to the end of slavery and work on plantations‚ the production of goods decreased and slowed down the French’s profit. The international
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Even before World War 1‚ Churchill served as the President of the Board of Trade‚ and the First Lord of the Admiralty. Although these achievements sound great‚ he almost did not become the hero he is today because Winston failed the exam for British Royal Military College. He never gave up‚ and on his third attempt passed it. He later finished in the top 20% of his class which had 130 students. Churchill became a Member
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How did Hitler become Chancellor in 1933? Many events took place‚ leading to the rise of Hitler and his Nazi party. There was the growing unpopularity of the Weimar Republic‚ the federal republic established in 1919. At the same time‚ Hitler and his political party‚ the ‘Deutsche Arbeiterpartei’‚ commonly referred to as the Nazis (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) became more and more popular under the rule of their leader‚ Adolf Hitler. This rise to popularity was the effect of Hitler’s
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success. There might have been something in Pennsylvania that gave him what was needed to make it big. He used his intelligence to become one of America’s wealthiest individuals‚ a successful entrepreneur and a generous philanthropist who touched many lives. Milton Hershey was born on September 13‚ 1857. He had one sibling‚ a sister named Serena who died from Scarlet fever when Milton was only eleven years old. His mother‚ Fanny‚ was a devoted Mennonite. She taught Milton Mennonite beliefs. She taught
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assignation of archduke Francis Ferdinand. The political objective of the assassination was to break Austria- Hungary’s south- Slav provinces off so they could be combined into a great Serbia. Both sides of the group believed it would be a quick war of many resources. 2: Russia become involved in WWI after Austria declared war against Serbia‚ because Russia had made itself the guardian of all Slavic and/or Eastern Orthodox peoples‚ particularly the south-slaves in the Balkans who has for centuries
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