Tiffany Bedford Professor Forsythe March 1‚ 2014 The life of Benjamin Franklin was one consumed with ambition to improve himself in furtherance of achieving his goals and beyond. By undertaking the challenge of improving himself in several aspects of his life‚ Franklin was able to become a successful inventor‚ newspaper publisher‚ business person‚ and political leader between the 1750s and 1790. The Autobiography serves as a guide for his son and others to learn how to overcome hardships in
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"Where do all the hippies go?" Dorjan Dheskali Mosaic II - spring 2012‚ Section 066 Professor J. Benin South Street. The home of punk rockers‚ hippies‚ poets‚ musicians‚ food fanatics‚ and everything in between. How has it become so popular amongst all who to the naked eye have nothing in common? Why has it become a home to such diversity‚ a refuge to arts of all kind? Cultures and ethnicities and languages all different‚ yet what seems to make them all connect? It ’s not anything
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Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography From reading the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin‚ who throughout his life Benjamin Franklin was known for being in many different trades‚ from a publisher‚ an inventor‚ a diplomat‚ to a political philosopher‚ I have come to learn that his life was about doing what he needed to become successful. Benjamin Franklin has written his autobiography in a unique and unified way‚ but also in some ways very disjointed making the effectiveness of the theme detracted‚ which
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because they felt that it was unrighteous of their father to have taken advantage of his working slaves . At the age of 12 Sarah broke the law by teaching an enslaved child how to read or write. After moving to Philadelphia in 1819‚ both sisters joined the Society of Friends‚ a Quaker foundation formed by George Fox around 1660. Angelina was engaged for a while but her fiancé died in an epidemic. Sister Sarah was also offered marriage
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carpenters‚ 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
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James would provide him with food‚ clothing‚ and a new suit on his 21st birthday.(Great Life of Benjamin Franklin) After five years‚ Ben ran away to New York and work as a printer there.(Great Life of Benjamin Franklin) He failed and sailed off to Philadelphia where he found a job as a printer.(Great Life of Benjamin Franklin) Word got out that a 17 year old runaway found work as a printer to the governor.(Great Life of Benjamin
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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 also the right race and gender to be successful in his time. So although he was incredibly
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were able to make arts and crafts‚ sawmills‚ grist mills‚ textile production( like woven cloth)‚ shipbuilding because of the Delaware river‚ Iron‚ Pig Iron‚ Printing‚ Publishing‚ Paper making‚ and the making of the long rifle (Quaker Province). Philadelphia was actually the biggest place where foreign trade was conducted. In Pennsylvania we had the nickname “The Athens of America.” Meaning they made a rich cultural life‚ and they gave the freedom of having intellectual and educational institutions
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“By failing to prepare‚ you are preparing yourself to fail” one of the many famous quotes from Benjamin Franklin. One of our founding fathers‚ the man on the one-hundred-dollar bill. Ben was known as an author‚ doplomat‚ postmaster‚ scientist‚ even an inventor‚ and many other important titles. During Benjamin’s 84 years‚ he had many accomplishments and inventions. Many have even called him the President of the United States who was never elected as the U.S President. Benjamin Franklin was born January
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I was born in Bucks County Pennsylvania‚ which is North of Philadelphia and I lived there my entire life. It was just like any other day when my fiancé‚ John came to me with news that he received a call about a job interview in Linesville‚ Pennsylvania. We had talked about moving before‚ but it was in passing and nothing was ever this concrete. Bucks County was a very expensive place to live and there weren’t many new career opportunities for either of us. Even though it brought a lot of fear and
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