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colonists felt like Great Britain was treating them unfairly and a big part of this was taxation without representation. All this eventually led to the colonies to declare independence from Great Britain and a lot of great minds, such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, to create the Declaration of Independence. The Founders of this country made the right decision on declaring independence against the tyrannical leader of Britain. King George was a…

Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706. Mr. Franklin played a major role in the American Enlightment. As an inventor, he was known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove. Benjamin Franklin was born into a family of candle makers, but his family knew he…

Colonial Period; The Best Period 1776 is known as the year we were granted freedom from Great Britain, but it is also known as the year congress renamed the nation. Traveling back to the colonial period and getting to experience the making of the United States of America would be a wonderful opportunity. Many things made the year 1776 so important. One important thing that happened was the signing and passing of the Declaration of Independence. If it wasn’t for that we could still be under…

Benjamin Franklin Wealth, Luxury, and Virtue Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706, Benjamin Franklin was raised by a Puritan family and became an apprentice as a printer to his older brother. After working for his brother until 1723, Benjamin Franklin went to Philadelphia and opened his own printing shop. He became the public printer for Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. During this time Franklin formulated the “Thirteen Virtues”. Franklin said, “I propos’d to myself, for the…

The Boston Tea Party: What would have happened if it had never taken place? What would have happened if the colonists had never thrown the tea overboard?. On the night of December 16, 1773, three hundred forty-two chests of tea were thrown overboard into the Boston Harbor by Samuel Adams and The Sons of Liberty. They did this with the intention of having one goal in mind, meaning no more taxes. Since the Boston Tea Party was one of the biggest events that led up to the American Revolution, one…

I choose to write about father, John Witherspoon because I heard of him but not a lot. I thought it would be interesting to learn more about our founding father John Witherspoon. Instead of writing about somebody I already know a lot about I can write about somebody I only know a little about. It is important to know your founding father and what they did or accomplished. John Witherspoon came to the burgeoning United States to become president of what would become Princeton University, and he…

Jean Jacques Rousseau’s “The Social Contract” and the Declaration of Independence might at first appear as two heavily similar literary works. But in fact, the United States, Thomas Jefferson specifically, inferred heavily to Mr. Rousseau’s works in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. These similarities are very evident as both documents demonstrate that without the consent of the governed there is to be no government. The question, however, is what specifically did Mr. Rousseau’s…

if Benjamin Franklin would not have written the constitution? Benjamin Franklin was one of many founding fathers of the United States; he has made some of many great inventions and helped shape the world. Electricity, without the invention of the lightning rod where would we be today. Benjamin Franklin changed the world of electricity in 1752 with the invention of the lightning rod. Electricity has come a long way since Benjamin Franklin sat atop the church of Christ. That day Franklin Stood…

Great Britain placed tariffs on the United States that will play a big role in history. The sugar act was a tax/tariff placed on the United States and colonists by the British to raise revenue(The American Revenue Act of 1764). The sugar act was a tax places on sugar, and molasses. The colonist were angry about the sugar act mostly due to economic consequences which made prices 3 cents (The American Revenue Act of 1764s ). This is one of the many taxes that will go on during this period. The…

The American Colonists were put through several obstacles during their journey to independence. The colonists wanted to break from Britain, hoping for religious freedom and also because Britain would not give the colonies representation. Britain puts the colonists through several taxations without representation, which angered the colonists severely. Some of the major turning point taxations were The French and Indian War, Mercantilism, and the Navigation Acts. The French and Indian war was a…