Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Where liberty dwells, there is my country”. What did he mean by this statement? It’s a way of saying that where he lives, America, there is liberty. To claim the location of liberty to be one’s country, is to say that the location of one’s loyalty is dependent on the location of liberty. The location of liberty was crucial to Franklin, to colonists. In the Colonial Period, colonists arrived from Europe in search for religious freedom, land, and the chance for wealth

Washington: He married Martha Washington and had a large plantation and a seat in Virginia legislature. He wanted to become very rich and influential. John Adams: He was the 2nd American president, but used to be a struggling country lawyer. Benjamin Franklin: He wanted the British to establish a colony along the Ohio River. He will be the principal landowner, and has made a fortune in the printing business. He was Pennsylvania’s unofficial ambassador to England, but he wasn’t in the inner circle

ideas going on with religion in the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: His belief in God and his position on organized religion and attending church. Franklin feels that those things are very much separate. Being religious is not about attendance at church, contributing to pastor’s ideas, or following illogical rules. As an alternative, Franklin felt that it was about praying honesty, being upright, doing good deeds, and believing in God. Franklin doesn’t subscribe to any of their customs. He is

Franklin Gothic is a font style that is unique in its design and has set the standard as the look for many print-based businesses. Franklin Gothic’s creator was a man by the name of Morris Fuller Benton, who also designed or redesigned over 200 typefaces in his lifetime, but of course one of his most popular being franklin Gothic. Franklin Gothic has been used in numerous logos such as Showtime and New York University and also in the titles of magazine articles such as Time Magazine and subtitles

around establishing the American identity , and has also served as a means to address social issues that have plagues American society. The three authors that are representative of these ideals are the following; Hector De St John Crevecoeur Benjamin Franklin, and Hannah Foster. These authors represent different perspectives on American issues, ranging from revolutionary era america, women’s rights, and also establishing a set of values that represent the American Identity. At a time where the new

Britain and France had signed preliminary articles of peace. September 3, 1783 was the day American got its independence. British representatives, Richard Oswald and Henery Strachey, met with the Americans, represented by John Jay, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Henery Laurens. After nearly 8 long years of bloodshed and sorrow The war was Finally over. The representatives had came to a formal agreement and signed the Treaty of Paris, which consists of 10 articles. The first article simply says that

themselves and come up with what they think is the topic sentence. No will writing will be done by the students but rather input will be verbal. 3. Students will read a handout quietly while I read out loud. The short reading is about the life of Benjamin Franklin. Students will be asked to highlight ideas, words, and sentences that they feel are important as they follow along in the reading. Then the students will divide into small groups of three or four and and share with each other what they thought

would have to travel to learn what about what was going on in another town or state. One similarity between the past and present is the newspaper. One can find all sorts of information about many topics from reading any published newspaper. Benjamin Franklin published Poor Richard 's Almanack for many years. His almanac is very much like a newspaper as it contained valuable information to help inform and entertain, just like a newspaper does. Poor Richard’s Alamack gave advice for anyone who was

American that had the potential to play a large part in the future democracy due to his past as a lawyer, as an elected official, and a close relationship with Benjamin Franklin, which were all shown through his appearances in Philadelphia’s Supreme Court, his elected position as Speaker in a provincial assembly, and his correspondence with Franklin. Galloway experienced success while performing his duties in the several different positions he held, but his life in America was not enough to persuade him

Walter Isaacson states that Benjamin Franklin was a self-made man and that was very American of him. He traces back to when Franklin was fourteenth, beginning to create myself by teaching himself history from reading books while at his apprentice at his brother’s James Franklin print shop. Franklin would read essays from the volumes of the Spectator magazine and take notes then would try to recreate them. He would compare his essay to the original to see if he writes as well and corrected himself