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The best known as one of the Founding Fathers of Declaration of Independence and also the Constitution of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston. His father married twice, with his first wife he had seven children and with his second wife he had ten more. Benjamin was his 15th child and he was the youngest son. His father was soap and candle maker. Benjamin learned to read when he was at a young age. Attending to Boston Latin School was a success to him,…

Patrick Henry was an American attorney, whom became very well known for the speeches he gave revolving around the independence of the state of Virginia. He was well liked by the people, and his speeches were known and loved by many US citizens, and is now known internationally. One of the speeches that Henry gave was called “Give Me Liberty”, in which he was criticizing the war that the nation was currently engaged in with Great Britain.He chose to claim that all the acts that were carried…

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At the Capitol building every year there is a naturalization ceremony during where a new group of immigrants become Americans, continuing a process begun in the building nearly 300 years ago. At the ceremony people from around the world come to Williamsburg at the Capitol building to become citizens of America. The neutralization is held at the Capitol building because…

Why you need financial independence to achieve great feats in life Benjamin Franklin was an author, printer, inventor, scientist, civic activist, postmaster, statesman, and diplomat. He founded University of Pennsylvania, American Philosophical Society, Library Company of Philadelphia, and United States Postal Inspection Service. He invented lighting rod and bifocals. He started volunteer fire-company and volunteer militia to defend Philadelphia. He was a Postmaster General and a diplomat to…

There was a lot of tension building up during the 1760's and 1770's between Great Britain and America; something had to be done about it. The forefathers were in a confusing situation and had to come up with something to do to solve the problem. The major problem at that time was how the colonists were getting treated by Great Britain, and whether or not the colonists should declare their independence from Britain. The creation of Common Sense written by Thomas Paine and The Declaration Of…

Patrick Henry in his “Speech to the Virginia Convention” utilizes the three pillars of rhetoric; Ethos, Logos, and Pathos to induce and provoke his audience to fight for Independence and to fight for freedom. Patrick Henry forges his ethos, by being considerate towards the other men and through his use of metaphors. He starts by “saying it is only natural for men to indulge in the illusion of hope” Henry says, hope comes naturally to men but in this case it is nothing but an illusion. He then…

Tea Party is known all around the world. Colonists came up with the idea to hijack boats to get into all of the tea and dump it into the waters because, they were upset about tea being taxed. The Boston Tea Party was an act of terrorism because 16 american colonists created violence by committing crimes, damaging property, and starting violence toward people. 16 patriots snuck onto the sea vessels, got into the tea chests and emptied all the tea into the waters. The tea was on ships to be…

David Ramsay viewed the Revolution through a more sterile scope than will future historians. Their views were shaped by having lived through the Revolution, and their interpretations reflect that context. Both see the British as morally wrong in their convictions, and the colonists on the side of virtue and truth. Their historical works may be viewed as laden with bias for the cause of the Patriots. However, a sense of conviction and belief in the cause of the Revolution comes through in their…

After the American Revolution, America was in a state where it thought of itself as a free and unified nation when they were anything but, it took thousands of farmers to make Americans realize the problems at hand. Early day colonial America was a very hard-boiled place and many people were struggling under the new constitution of the Americas. It remained very tense until Daniel Shays led thousands of farmers and working men in protest after many farmers were burdened with debt after the…