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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“The purists agreed that the Pennsylvania model was closer to ideal. The environment was more penance inducing. The prison was orderly‚ quiet‚ and controlled. The prisoners were managed individually rather than in the congregate.” (Foster‚ 2006) It is my opinion that the Pennsylvania model was more of a spiritual model whereas the Auburn system‚ described as‚ “cheaper to build and operate‚ requiring fewer
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President Abraham Lincoln delivers a speech at the dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania on November 19‚ 1863. Pennsylvania was the site where the brutal battles of the Civil War were taken place. He was dedicated to the proposition that all men were created equally and soldiers that died for that cause should obviously continue to fight. The sacrifices that were made during the Civil War were the beginning of a new freedom to the land‚ preservation of the Union‚ which
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Administrator for Extendicare Health Services within the next two years. Working at Pennsylvania Hospital has altered my views slightly. I would like to stay within the Pennsylvania Hospital network and be an administrator. After many long talks and interviews with my supervisor strongly advises me to stay in the hospital. They are also in pursuit of linking me up with the right people to possibly get an internship at Pennsylvania Hospital. I feel like I would make an exceptional Administrator because I can
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the early 18th century‚ many Amish and Mennonites emigrated to Pennsylvania for a variety of reasons. Today‚ the most traditional descendants of the Amish continue to speak Pennsylvania German‚ also known as Pennsylvania Dutch. However‚ a dialect of Swiss German predominates in some Old Order Amish communities‚ especially in the American state of Indiana. Today many amish communities still exist in United States like in Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ Indiana‚ New York‚ as well as in Ontario‚ Canada and especially
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fueled the Industrial Age‚ and Pennsylvania produced the majority of it; producing over 100 million tons. Sadly‚ it also made the lives of coal miners and their families very hard. Miners were usually immigrant men and boys. The month of December saw three major explosions rock Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The Monongah Mine explosion‚ in West Virginia‚ killed 362 miners. The Darr Mine in Jacobs Creek killed 239 miners‚ and lastly‚ the Naomi Mine‚ in Pennsylvania‚ killed 34. Workers were paid
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those awaiting trial. Imprisonment wasn’t seen as a punishment‚ but instead the step that came before punishment. When a person was convicted‚ instead of imprisonment‚ they were executed‚ fined‚ tortured‚ or banished. Beginning in 1682‚ places like Pennsylvania and New York began to use imprisonment as punishment for criminal offenders (McAfee and Smith). Death penalty and other harsh forms of punishment were only allowed for severe cases such as murder. Punishment for other crimes consisted of imprisonment
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In New England‚ population increases gradually outstripped the availability of land. As the freehold ideal came under greater pressure‚ New Englanders responded in a variety of traditional and creative ways. Farm Families: Women’s Place Men played the dominant role in both politics and domestic matters in New England society. Women were subordinate to their husbands and had few rights under law. Daughters typically had a lesser position than sons. A woman’s place was in the home‚ serving as
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black smiths‚ shoemakers and others who made their living producing household goods to sell. Ben Franklin became an apprentice to his brother‚ also a leather apron‚ when he was 12 years old. When he was 17 years old he ran away to Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. One of the reasons he is most well-known was for discovering electricity. As most people know‚ he went out one day with a kite and a key tied to the kite in stormy weather. The weather was not actually a lightning storm; it was just a gloomy
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an existence full of accomplishments. John Hoyer Updike was born on March 18‚ 1932 in Reading‚ Pennsylvania. He was son of Linda Grace (Hoyer) and Wesley Russell Updike and raised Presbyterian. In 1932 he began attending school at Shillington. John remained in school there from 1932 until 1950. In 1945‚ on Halloween day‚ he moved to an 80-acre farm in the country‚ near Plowville‚ Pennsylvania where his mother was born. It was eleven miles from Shillington. He stayed at the same school where
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