Benjamin Franklin Butler

Walt Whitman was a poet dated back as early as the 1800’s. In fact, on May 31st 1819, he was born in a big family of nine children, and a pair of parents. According to poets.org in their article titled “Walt Whitman“, Whitman was “the second son of Walter Whitman, a housebuilder, and Louisa Van Velsor.” (par. 1) So luckily for him, he was always older than all but one of his siblings. He and his family lived in Brooklyn and Long Islands between the 1820’s and 1830’s. According to bio in their…

summer of 1771, Benjamin Franklin travels 50 miles south from London to the English countryside to spend a week recording his life story. He explains that he is writing an autobiography for his son William Franklin, who at the time is a royal governor of New Jersey. Franklin also claims that William may want to someday know the events and history of his father’s life. Although, he wishes he could change a few small errors Benjamin thanks God for the good live he has had. Franklin opens the…

As Thucydides once said, "The secret to happiness is freedom...And the secret to freedom is courage". Freedom for many is seen as a form of independence which has been a major influence in the foundation of the United States since its very beginning. As we can reflect back now we can see events such as Bacons Rebellion showing us "Americans would take up arms to fight for their rights". However, the idea of independence was a slow process that built up over time until it reached the brim and…

The Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776. It was written in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This formal piece was written by Thomas Jefferson. It’s purpose was to imply the colonists basic ideas about the government, the colonists complains, and justify the colonists decisions. There are five main parts of the Declaration of Independence. These five parts include Preamble, Rights of the People to Control their Government, List of Grievances, Efforts of the Colonists, and Colonies…

Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706, in Boston. Mr. Franklin was a very intelligent man. He put his foot in many things through his life. He was an American printer, author, diplomat, philosopher and scientist with many contributions to the American Revolution. Benjamin Franklin was the Founding Father of the United States. He was also the sixth President of Pennsylvania. Mr. Franklin was in office in October 18, 1785 to November 5, 1788. He was also a major figure in the American…

King George III, as the rebellion in America was growing worse, he comes to the conclusion that “America must be made to obey” (McCullough 17) in 1775. Hence, why he sent little reinforcements. However, when those did not squander the rebellion he proceeded to send his best generals. Then, “war had come on April 19, with the first blood shed” (McCullough 19). And with that, the issue with America was to “no longer be regarded as a rebellion, but as a ‘foreign war,’” (McCullough 20). Now…

As Americans, when we think of the Revolutionary War, we think of the leadership of George Washington, the heroism of John Hancock, or the tyranny of King George III. However, the real story behind the Revolution is that of the Native Americans who fought in the conflict. They weren’t only fighting for their allies in the British or Americans, but for their very existence! For years, Native Americans had been competing for their land with encroaching American settlers. The British controlled the…

Between the years of 1650 and 1800, a period of time known as the “Age of Reason” and the “long-eighteenth century” was referred to as the Enlightenment1. Enlightenment was a time of awakening, it was a new way to think involving logic. Many great innovations came from this period of time that continue to influence the world we live in today. The Enlightenment period, bought upon by German writers after a catastrophic war, Thirty Years’ War2, criticisms that went against the normality of…

Join, or Die is a famous political cartoon; the picture was drawn by Benjamin Franklin and first published in his Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754. This original drawing that was published by the Gazette is the earliest recognized symbolic representation of the colonial unification produced by a British colonist in America. The cartoon above shows a snake dissected into eight pieces. Each piece is labeled with the name of one of the colonies. The position of each colony in the pictured snake…

Benjamin Franklin shared a wise piece of information many years ago when he said, “Think of these things: whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.” Although these words with published in Poor Richard’s Almanac nearly three hundred years ago, they can still resonate with the reader just as much as in 1732. In one sentence, Franklin teaches a great life lesson that is still applicable today. Never forgetting where one came from, keeping an eye on their destination, and…