Benjamin Hornigold

Marcus Aurelius and Benjamin Franklin are two men who during their time were dedicated to improving themselves. Though these two men lived in different time periods under different circumstances, it can be seen that they both endeavored to cultivate virtues within themselves. Additionally, the pair shared many virtues as well as the belief that everything one does should be virtuous and one should always use their reason. Along with the knowledge that no one is perfect and one can never actually

Virginia Singleton Honors American History I Block 2 July.22.2015 McCullough, David G. 1776. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. Print. The author of 1776 is David McCullough. It was published by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY in the year of 2005. With his diploma from Yale, he jumped right into writing at Sports Illustrated in New York. While at American Heritage, he built a reputation of documenting accurate and real scenarios of how our history was made. Mr. McCullough then became enthralled

In a time of uncertainty and alliances Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense provided the American people an easy way to understand the breakdown of who they were going to go to war against and why they should. Paine offered opinions with intellectual backing, opinions that were soon backed or opposed by other colonists and debated from taverns to law offices all over the colonies. In this paper, I will be discussing Paine’s intended audience, his perspective, the major problems he sees between England

orn in 1822, R.H. Macy, the son of a Nantucket-based shopkeeper, left home at 15 to set sail on the whaling ship Emily Morgan. After four years at sea, he returned to Massachusetts and worked in his father’s shop before opening his own needle-and-thread store in Boston in 1844. This shop failed as did another dry goods store he opened two years later. Macy then worked for a time in his brother-in-law’s Boston shop, followed by a stint in California searching for gold during the 1849 gold rush.

In 1783, Benjamin Franklin wrote Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America. He did this to show how illogical it is to call Native Americans savages. Franklin offers several narratives in which the natives were less “savage” than their accusers. Franklin mentioned how their views differ. He did this by including several types of literary devices to get his point across. Franklin’s first sentence, “Savages we call them, because their Manners differ from ours, which we think the Perfection of

The Declaration of Independence did not accurately represent the views and feeling of all colonists by 1776. The Declaration of Independence is strictly written from a patriot perspective with no thought or involvement from the loyalists. The Declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson who was an American patriot, with influence from other American patriots, such as Thomas Paine. In 1776, Paine wrote and anonymously released an article titled, "Common Sense". This article was read by over 120,000

John Smith once said when he got back from North America ”Everything I have is here”.In this essay, you will learn about John Smith and how he explored North America.John Smith's early life was covered with myths and legends.You will learn about John Smith’s early life, accomplishments and struggles and his end of life.First I will tell you about John Smith's early life. Early life John Smith was born Janurary 1580 in England.Smith’s mother Alice Smith left him very young.John did not have any siblings

Many people disagree with the British because they put taxes on the colonists. Many people also question whether the American revolution was avoidable. I believe the American Revolution was avoidable. Three reasons why the American revolution could have been avoided were that if both sides hadn’t reacted so violently, if the British had put a reasonable tax,and if the British actually listened to the colonists when they said they did not like the taxes that were put on them. One way the American

Why was the Populist movement so popular in the late 1800s? Before answering this question, answer this, what is the Populist movement? The populist movement was for a chance of political, social, and economical equality within American society. Strongly appealing to the farmers and industrial workers, the populists tried to bring the people back in power, rather than the money that was controlling civilization. This movement was very popular in the 1800s because it was trying to gain the rights

The war that happened with the French and the Indians, set a tone for future interference with the two ethnicity's of people, both together, other colonies around them and on there own. When I say others around them I mean the colonial Americans. Then continued to influence during and throughout the times of the American Revolution. After the Treaty of Paris was constructed in 1763, the British people were given a whole new empire to control. For this, the British created new polices to be enforced