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    In order for a country to work to its fullest potential‚ it needs a great government. This government needs to do three important tasks. It needs to set up laws‚ enforce the laws‚ and provide many different services. Also‚ it needs to make sure it brings everyone together. Finally‚ if the government has a problem it should be able to be fixed easily. When the 13 colonies had the Articles of Confederation it couldn’t do many of the things it was supposed to do‚ thus it failed as a government. First

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    “Well done is better than well said”-Benjamin Franklin Writer‚ inventor‚ politician‚ many people know Benjamin Franklin as being one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts commonly known as Bay Colony on January 17‚ 1706. Benjamin was the youngest son of 17 children Josiah Franklin had with wives Anne Child and Abiah Floger. For Benjamin Franklin his childhood consisted of a few years of basic education‚ while also working with

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    You are a free person right now. But if there was no one in the American Revolutionary Army‚ you would be a British person write now. So‚ let’s talk more about this American Army. The Major Leaders of the Army Some of the Major leaders in the Revolutionary war were: Richard Montgomery‚ Horatio Gates‚ William Howe‚ George Washington‚ Israel Putnam‚ Marquis de Lafayette‚ jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur‚ comte de Rochambeau‚ Nathaniel Green‚ and Daniel Morgan. There was a lot more leaders but these

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    However though he forms a militia and goes around looking for people in the colonies who are willing to fight against the “red coats” which are the British because he knew it had to be done.He did not approve of his oldest son Gabriel joining the Continental Army but Gabriel wanted to so bad that he went behind his fathers back to sign up anyway. This caused problems for him because they found him and threatened him on his own land. Benjamin Martin helped wounded soldiers both from the American side

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    Hyong Du Lim Professor Art Schuhart English 241 20 March 2013 “Now‚ Gods‚ Stand Up for Bastards”: Reinterpreting Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography Shurr emphasizes that “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin has been judged as one of the most important and influential of American books” (Shurr 435). American people have admired Benjamin Franklin as a role model‚ for his self-improving mindset and his remarkable service during American Revolution‚ but the untold truth lies beneath his cowardly

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    Matt Roby Per 3 Declaration of Independence Essay Rewrite The‚ Declaration of Independence was one of the most important documents written in human history. Its ideas influenced revolutions and constitutions all over the world even centuries after being written. Despite it’s success deriving partly from its implications‚ the document would not have been so momentous had it not used such effective rhetorical strategies. Thomas Jefferson attempts to gain the support of the unresponsive colonists

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    Monty Lee This essay is about a cholera epidemic spreading in London. Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that causes a large amount of watery diarrhea. This outbreak of cholera is happening in the Broad Street area of London. I think cholera is spreading through this area by the water pumps. The Broad street area is a small town filled with lots of families. This problem can be fixed by filtering the water pumps in the broad street area. Most of everyone who got ill had a contact

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    Charles Cornwallis was a tremendous part of the American Revolutionary War. Charles Cornwallis was a famous British General. He didn’t start of as the enemy against the Stamp Act he was on the colonists side. He was a famous for fighting against the colonist for his country‚ Great Britain. When the Revolutionary War started he felt patriotic and felt he had to press the Stamp Act to support his country. He was later promoted as a general and he arrived in America in May 1776 to fight in the American

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    Enoch crosby was a spy in the revolutionary war before he was a spy he was a apprentice shoemaker fore 7 years and at age 23 he moved too danbury and became a shoe maker thare at the outbreak of the revolution he joined the american army he became ill and was sent home once he recovered he resumed trade as a shoe maker in september 1776 he was on his way too rejoin the army when a loyalist joined him and took him too his meeting thinking he was also a loyalist as soon as he fell asleep crosby snuck

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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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