Benjamin Franklin is best known as one of the Founding Fathers of our country‚ who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Franklin was born in January of 1706 in Boston‚ where he was the fifteenth of seventeen children. He stopped going to school at age ten to help his father’s business but got bored of making candles. At age twelve Franklin went to apprentice at his older brother’s print shop‚ before eventually opening his own print shop in Philadelphia
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Eric Marek HIST1301 21 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
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His family had little to no money‚ and he started helping in his father’s candle and soap factory by the time he was only ten years old. Young Franklin had little formal schooling experience. Franklin remembered‚ "I continued‚ however‚ at the grammar-school not quite one year‚ though in that time I had risen gradually from the middle of the class of that year to be the head of it" (Franklin
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THE HISTORY OF SANTA CRUZ SKATEBOARDING Christian smith Freshman Technology Wednesday January 24th You are able to find Santa Cruz skateboards just about anywhere in California. The Santa Cruz skateboard company doesn’t just sell skateboards but a large variety of items. Now Santa Cruz sells all kinds of clothing‚ stickers‚ and random collectibles. This company
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Why They Came To America Abstract The Irish‚ Germans and Scandinavians came to the United States for many reasons‚ freedom‚ comfort‚ independence and a chance of a better life. Each one of these groups of people had similar reasons for taking the long hard journey across the Atlantic Ocean‚ some came by choice and others like the Irish didn’t have a choice. Some were hailed as heroes and others as foolish daredevils. Some carved their place into this country with ease and others
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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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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin A Book Review History 5 March 2010 2 Introduction "If you would not be forgotten‚ as soon as you are dead and rotten‚ either write things worth reading‚ or do things worth the writing." - Benjamin Franklin Written over a period of nearly 30 years and covering his life only until 1759 (he died in 1790)‚ “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” is actually tells approximately half of his life story as everyone knows of this great man
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“The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin”; The Significance of a Biography When trying to read about history‚ sometimes it is easy to misinterpret information and not realize certain motives or reasons that are behind historical events. Biographies can give readers a better understanding of what happened in the past by explaining how a specific individual viewed and acted on events that happened during their lifetime. People can relate better to biographies than to textbooks that are
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recognition. The Americans experienced a number of serious defeats in the war’s early years‚ but they needed only to prolong the rebellion until Britain’s taxpayers lost patience. After Continental victories in New Jersey‚ the turning point of the war came with the defeat of the British at Saratoga in 1777. Seeing the possibility of an ultimate American victory‚ France formally recognized the United States and declared war on Great Britain. The British were forced to send thousands of soldiers to Ireland
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The Santa Croce The Santa Croce is the principal Franciscan church in Florence‚ Italy‚ and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce‚ about 800 metres south east of the Duomo. It is one of the most popular tourist spots in Italy. In A Room with a View‚ an important scene takes place in this place. In Chapter 2: In Santa Croce with No Baedeker‚ we find that the tourists from England go on a visit to this place. The writer gives a picturesque description
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