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In early United States History, Benjamin Franklin was known for being a different kind of person. He never followed the rules like everyone else and always “marched to the beat of his own drum”. This difference from everyone else is what made Franklin a prominent figure in early American society. Franklin also uses this difference to help get his beliefs about society across to citizens. He uses satire to call people out and try to fix issues in the colonies. In the Satirical piece of…

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. Franklin had sixteen siblings; he was the fifteenth child, and the last son. Franklin attended Latin school until the age of ten years old. At age ten, Franklin was required to begin apprenticing his dad in the candle making business. At the age of twelve however, Franklin began working as an apprentice in his brother James’s print shop. “Ben abandoned his apprenticeship shortly afterward, escaping to New York, but settling…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin When thinking about Benjamin Franklin the first thing that comes to mind is a man flying a kite with the key at the end of it, trying to discover electricity. He was best known as a founding father, inventor, scientist, politician, author, and a printer in his lifetime. He became so well rounded due to reading books from philosophers and reading about humanism. Understanding his accomplishments and how he lived his life are what were captured in his…

There are several similarities and differences of the purpose, tone, and tools between Charlotte Temple and Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography. While Charlotte Temple is fiction and Benjamin Franklin is nonfiction, they both have a purpose to inform. Temple is informing us about the life and struggles of women during this time period and Franklin is informing us about his virtues. Since Temple is fiction, is also has the purpose of entertainment because it is a story. Franklin’s also has an…

The novel, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, tells the story of a folksy aristocrat and how he grew to be known as a stereotype of the American Dream instead of the complex, fascinating man he was. Author Gordon S. Wood states that “to recover the historic Franklin, we must shed these modern images and symbols…only then can we go on to understand how the symbolic Franklin was created.” Wood arranges the novel chronologically. He begins with Franklin’s birth like a biography, and…

The writings of Mary Rowlandson, and Benjamin Franklin, are two different pieces of literature that have both had a major effect on current American, and also had a major effect on Emerging America. Many revolutionary writes wanted America to live a self-improvement life so we could stay strong as a nation. They accomplished this through different types of literature. Mary Rowlandson wrote a piece about her dedication to God, and we should stay loyal to him thus living a better life. Franklin…

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17th, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. At 17 years old he ran away from Boston to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as a fugitive. This was due to the fact that he spoke against the government saying, "Without freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech." Later in life Franklin was known for his anti-oppressive government views. His political views are what he is most know for as he was the…

Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England on February 9th 1737. He immigrated to Philadelphia in late 1774, where he quickly became friends with advocates of the American cause like John Adams and Dr. Benjamin Rush, and it was actually Rush that persuaded Paine to write a pamphlet supporting American Independence.1 The pamphlet that Paine wrote Common Sense, first appeared in January of 1776 and it became one of the most successful and widely read political writings in colonial America’s…

Who Was FDR? Franklin Delano Roosevelt was accomplished in life. He was a son, a scholar, a husband, a loving father, a determined fighter, a businessman, a respected Politian, and a caring individual. These roles allowed Franklin to grow as a person and influence a great number of individuals. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, to Sara Delano and James Roosevelt. Franklin was born on the family property located near Hyde Park, New York. Franklin’s father, James,…

Benjamin Banneker Have you ever looked at a fifteen cent, 1980 US Postage Stamp? Well if you have not, you should probably consider it because a very intelligent, self-taught man is featured on it. The man's name is Benjamin Banneker. Benjamin Banneker did many jobs and invented many different things. He was a free black man that was born to parents that were freed slaves. (Benjamin Banneker) Benjamin Banneker was a well-liked and respected man by many peers in his field, this was very meaning…