Benjamin Libet

Apprenticed to his brother, a Boston printer, a young Benjamin Franklin was writing for his brother’s newspaper. He never got anything published under his name, and he would often compare his writings to those of other published writers. Benjamin wrote a submission and slipped it under the door. Finally, his submission was published in The New England Courant under the name of Silence Dogood, a minister’s widow. Under the pseudonym he wrote satirical comments about the Boston society, politics,…

Benjamin Franklin Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706 to Josiah and Abiah Franklin, Benjamin Franklin would grow up to be one of the most well known Americans in history. Benjamin was extremely intelligent as a child, he even taught himself to read. His father, a soap maker who had come to the Americas from Ecton, England in 1683, had planned for his tenth and youngest son to study at Harvard and work in the clergy. Ben was sent to different schools, but only for a couple of years…

spoke to us in class and I heard how serious he really was about us trying to become what we want to be, I was surprised. I began thinking about what I could do as a semester long project in which I could set a goal and record my progress. I had read Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography a few months earlier and I remember him writing about a personal program that he had developed…

With regards to the American Revolution there is a myth associated with it that is generally accepted by everyone. This is the myth that when America revolted against the British army they had no choice as Britain was cruel to them, as well that every American wanted to revolt. However, historians have thought that these are in fact myths, started by Americans as an act of patriotism. Like every great event in history, the American Revolution was built upon the events and ideas leading up to it…

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family lived for three different centuries in the Parish of Ecton, Northamptonshire, England, on a freehold on and about thirty acres. “Benjamin Franklin was one of the official signer of the United States Constitution of 1787, Declaration of Independence, and of the Paris Peace Commission. He was one of the very first United States Postmaster’s General, a big…

Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States of America. Roosevelt spent part of his presidency figuring out what companies were breaking the Sherman Act and putting them out of business. These companies were making it hard other the consumers and other companies that might have been trying to get their hand in the game. These bad trusts were not just stopping people from getting into the market but they were also making sure that the other companies that were already in the…

Robert Morris, although not as famous as his friend George Washington, he contributed a great amount of effort to the American Revolution. As a self made millionaire, he helped the Revolution by providing much of the needed finances. Robert Morris was born in Liverpool Lancashire to Robert Morris Sr., and Elizabeth Murphet on January 31, 1734. He never knew his mother and was mainly raised by his grandmother. Robert’s father gave up his career as a nail maker and decided that he needed a change…

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is a pamphlet published in January of 1776 that argued for American independence. By the time Common Sense was released the revolutionary war was already underway, because of this it played a pivotal role in pushing Americans to go for complete independence. Being a layman Paine’s audience consisted of the common man, his works served as a conduit to spread the idea of revolution around the colonies. Common Sense went over important and current topics at the time like…

Morgan has a starting date of 1585 with a tentative closing date of 1776 for his book. However, one could infer that the topic still remains viable today. While primarily set in the Tidewater region of Virginia. The author provides the strength of the ties that England had in the 1600-1700’s into the American experience. He effectively describes England as the mother with her apron strings to her child (America). Morgan outlines the birth and its genealogy of the Virginia Company's plan for…

Growing up Benjamin Franklin and his sister, Jane were always known as “Benny and Jenny.” Through a life full of craziness, I believe that though their lives took separate paths, that Benjamin and Jane were able to stay Benny and Jenny and support each other throughout their hectic lives as they grew older. Benjamin and Jane had differences in their education, marriage and family, financial and their religious lives, yet they still kept in touch and wished the best for each other all through…