American inventors

for his appearance on the one-hundred dollar bill and his invention of bifocals. He believed that most American colonists did better when British monarchy was in charge. So how did Franklin go from being a faithful British supporter to having a big impact on the American Revolution? Beginning with Franklin's childhood, Gordon Wood explains how Franklin transformed into to a prototypical American in The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin. In Gordon S. Wood’s biography, The Americanization…

as on the page. They also engender an appreciation for the crisp, accurate manner in which Wilson captures the speech patterns of his characters. In the Play "Joe and Alice" both of whom are African American, readily identify with the cultural and gender-related issues with which African American had to contend half a century ago and, to a certain extent, still encounter at the danger of essentializing their parts, the quality of Jone's and Alice's character lie in the way that they can…

better the lives of Americans. From small inventions like the soda fountain and the match, to more important creations such as the traffic light or man-made plastic, there is one device that aided greatly in a time of national struggle. The telegraph was invented in 1838 and was highly used throughout the years of the American Civil War. Without the help of the telegraph, the country may have split into two and we would not have the same United States that we know today. The inventor who…

2015 Benjamin Banneker Biography Benjamin Banneker is one of this country's most important Black Americans. His accomplishments in writing, science, and architecture are unparalleled. His story is also very inspirational. I am able to say this because of his contribution to our knowledge of astronomy and engineering. He contributes a major part to black history by being the first black inventor. overall his accomplishments in science, writing, and architecture have helped our country in a…

Other military invention and inventor that continuo working with guns like Eli Whitney with the muskets, it was Samuel Colt, he starts the experiments with firearms in 1830’s, and he finish creating the colt revolver, this arm could consider one of the most changed inventions for the industrial revolution. This gun impacts the social era of 1830’s because it was the first commercial available firearm and actually everyone were buying it. Colt most thought it was use his inventions in the…

my desire for an American one. I wanted nothing to do with being Vietnamese or Asian because all that it had brought me was a sense of inferiority and constant bullying. My desire to suppress my Vietnamese identity brings up a point that is brought up by Ms. Mori, the protagonist’s friend with benefits. During one of their conversations, she asks, “So why are we supposed to not forget our culture? Isn’t my culture right here since I was born here?” (73). She is a Japanese American who has…

In both Plato’s “Apology” and Emerson’s “The American Scholar”, the two authors focus on a similar topic: the characteristics and examples of a man thinking. Emerson discusses the American Scholar, also known as the “man thinking”. A “man thinking” is rare in a community. This individual is one who thinks outside of the norms and is not easily influenced by society’s common beliefs. In Plato’s Apology, Plato presents Socrates whose actions allow us to believe that he is an example of a “man…

fabric products. The seeds were planted to create more cotton plants to produce more cotton. Speculation have come about as to who is the inventor of the cotton gin with some historians claim that it was invented by a black slave while some insist that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. During the 17th century African Americans were property. African Americans were discriminated and the law at the time did not allow them to present their…

amendments in effort to further reconstruction. These amendments were important for shaping the roles of these new African American citizens. There were still those who fought against these amendments in the south by passing poll taxes and literacy tests to prevent them from exercising their right to vote. This showed that there are still those who would oppose growth amongst the American…

There have been countless books, movies, TV shows and plays about families and their attempt to reach success or the “American Dream”. Generally, the characters are successful in their goals. This is not so in “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller. In the play success alludes the Loman family despite that fact that it is something that they aim to achieve in their own ways. There are probably a number of reasons for this but this paper will look at how expectations and responsibility or the…