The two documents “Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution‚” and “A Positive American View‚” are both written by American public figures‚ who are both in support of the revolutionary cause in France. In these documents they both express their views on the progress and steps taken by the people of France in general during this time. They raise interest in the reign of terror and what the monarch’s role should be in the future France. Thomas Jefferson first saw the French Revolutionaries‚ the
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2013 Benjamin Franklin’s Philosophies Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest men to walk this earth. His accomplishments range from being a wonderful politician and statesman‚ to a scientist and an author. He also conquered many personal goals that made him a person that people sought to be around and to be like. In his early 20’s‚ Franklin decided that he wanted to become a “perfect” being. Following a list of 13 virtues‚ and other philosophies that we will look into‚ Franklin was able
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Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin was a very important man in U.S. history. He signed each of four major documents of the United States‚ and conducted experiments on electricity. Ben Franklin was born on Milk Street‚ January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. His father owned a candle and soap shop. Everyone referred to his father as a leather apron. Leather aprons were usually carpenters‚ black smiths‚ shoemakers and others who made their living producing household goods to sell. Ben Franklin
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The Autobiography and other Writings of Benjamin Franklin: In this autobiography about Benjamin Franklin I learned a lot of new material I did not know before. Mr. Franklin was born in Boston‚ MA. He was born on January 17‚ 1706. Benjamin is the youngest of five generations of youngest sons. He had 11 brothers and sisters. His father made soap and candles for a living. His mother raised the children. Ben went to school and finished in 1716. Though he would have liked to continue‚ his family was
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Ben Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706‚ in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father‚ Josiah Franklin‚ a soap and candle maker had 17 children. Benjamin was his very last child. Ben was removed at 10 from the Boston Latin School to work with his father at candle making‚ but dipping wax and cutting wicks didn’t spark with him. Later on‚ Josiah apprenticed Ben at 12 to his brother James at his print shop. Ben loved it‚ despite his brother’s hard treatment. When James
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Man‚" the Motown marvel sings of Benjamin Banneker: "first clock to be made in America was created by a black man." Though the song is a fitting salute to a great inventor (and African Americans in general)‚ it only touches on the genius of Benjamin Banneker and the many hats he wore – as a farmer‚ mathematician‚ astronomer‚ author and land surveyor. Like a lot of early inventors‚ Benjamin Banneker was primarily self-taught. The son of former slaves‚ Benjamin worked on the family tobacco farm
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Reid Aldridge U.S. History 10/2/10 “Benjamin Rush” On July 4th‚ 1776‚ representatives in a small courthouse in Pennsylvania signed the Declaration of Independence. The men that signed that paper would come to be known as the founding fathers (1 Kindig‚ Thomas). Everyone has heard of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison‚ but who has heard of Benjamin Rush? Benjamin Rush was born December 24‚ 1745 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. He was the fourth child of
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December 2015 Ben Franklin: The First American “A penny saved is a penny earned.” That well known quote is from none other than the famous Benjamin Franklin. Franklin was born in Boston on January 17‚ 1706. Josiah Franklin‚ Benjamin’s father‚ was a candle and soap maker. In Josiah’s first marriage with Anne Child‚ they had seven children together. Then in his second marriage with Abiah Folger‚ they had ten more children. Ben was his fifteenth child and his youngest son. Franklin had numerous accomplishments
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Benjamin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massaschuetts as the 15th of 17 children to Josiah Franklin. At a young age Benjamin’s future was already decided for him‚ and to please his father he followed suit. However Benjamin found reading and writing to be so fascinating that it pushed him to leave his family and move to Philadelphia where the journey of who he would become began. Benjamin didn’t come from poverty‚ in fact he came from a wealthy family who owned a printing business‚ he was
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Franklin’s autobiography represents the American dream of rising from rags to riches‚ or as Franklin himself says “Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred‚ to a state of affluence...” (Franklin1). Franklin writes to his son‚ as his own form of a self help book. He hopes that through his life story people will be inspired to do as he did‚ and find a path to becoming successful. Today‚ he stands as a shining example of what it means to be an American business man
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