“Well done is better than well said” (Poor Richard’s Almanac). Benjamin Franklin not only thought of quotes to help guide our daily lives‚ he lived them. Arguably the greatest genius of his time‚ Franklin was a hard worker‚ relentless learner‚ and passionate thinker. From a general perspective Franklin is a man who worked diligently in school‚ studied untiringly‚ and excelled in most everything he did. Although he was a dynamic learner‚ he never had a stable childhood‚ much less a formal education
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WW2 weapons from the ETO / Warfare History The best American Infantry weapon had to be the M1 Garand. Even General Patton credited the American semi-automatic rifle as one reason we won the war. While other nations were equipped primarily with WWI vintage bolt action rifles that held no more than 5-6 rounds‚ the Garand held 10 rounds and was semi automatic. This increased the fire power of a 12 man squad dramatically over that of a similar squad armed with only bolt action rifles. The Germans
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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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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Benjamin was tenth of seventeen brothers and sisters. His parents name are Josiah and Abiah Franklin. Growing up Benjamin family could not afford to attend school. With the struggle of getting an education‚ Ben still became well known in society. Ben accomplish many great thing such as the Declaration of Independence‚ the U.S. Constitution‚ and he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. He also
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CHAPTER 6 Securing Independence‚ Defining Nationhood‚ 1776–1788 0Chapter Themes The British had two main advantages over the United States in the Revolution. They greatly outnumbered the 2.5 million Americans‚ one-third of whom were either slaves or loyalists‚ and they possessed superior naval and military forces. But British resources were severely strained. The United States mobilized its people more effectively and created an army of 220‚000 troops‚ compared to 162‚000 British troops. The U
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Sons of Liberty The Sons of Liberty were groups of colonists that gathered together to protest taxes that were imposed on them by the British government. Secret groups of men got together to protest the taxation and fees that they felt were unfairly imposed on them. One of the events that precipitated this was the Stamp Act passed by the British parliament in 1765. This caused a firestorm of opposition from the colonists‚ including legislative resolutions in Virginia and public demonstrations
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“Teach me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.” – Benjamin Franklin. Benjamin Franklin was raised in a poverty. He nourished himself with literature when he was just a kid‚ and worked for his brother as a printer at the age of 17. When he left his brother to open his own printing press‚ he became so successful that he retired at the age of 42! This allowed him to focus on his love for science. Franklin was a polymath (in other words‚ he was many things)—an author‚ printer
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Assignment 1 Walter Benjamin in context to ‘The Girandola’ by Joseph Wright In this essay I will be applying Benjamin’s essay ‘Art in the age of mechanical reproduction’ to examin the erosion of aura around an artwork‚ aura can be defined from colours within the painting right down to the smell that surrounds the painting. The artwork that I will be focusing on will be ‘The Girandola’ that was created by Joseph Wright (of Derby) in 1734-1797. This comparison will be done by using my experience of
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Spectrophotometric Determination of an Equilibrium Constant Introduction: In this experiment‚ you will study the reaction between aqueous iron (III) nitrate‚ Fe(NO3)3‚ and potassium thiocyanate‚ KSCN. They react to produce the blood-red complex [Fe(SCN)]2+. Fe3+ + SCN- ( [Fe(SCN)]2+ The equilibrium constant expression may be expressed as: K = [pic] You will prepare a series of standard solutions that contain known concentrations of [Fe(SCN)]2+ and will determine
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