Benjamin Libet

Colonists were treated unfairly by England, during the Revolutionary war period. England kept passing acts and placing taxes on everything; eventually colonists grew hostile and fought to become a free country. Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” and Thomas Jefferson’s “The Declaration of Independence” are great examples of Revolutionary literature. “Speech to the Virginia Convention” is trying to convince colonists to rebel England. The Declaration of Independence is letting…

SETTING The setting was based in Colonial Virginia (George Washington and John Parke Custis are the only two people in the story that are from Colonial Virginia). Most Americans talked with a british accent during the revolutionary war. Mainly because a lot of the Americans came from Britain. GEORGE WASHINGTON George Washington did not wear a wig. Even though wigs were fashionable, Washington kept his own hair, which he wore long and tied back in a queue, or ponytail. Washington did,…

The Seven Year’s War had caused a major conflict between the British and us, colonists. George Grenville, the Prime Minister of Britain, had blamed us for starting the war and that Britain was in debt because they fought against the colonists. Grenville came up with a series of taxes and to set laws for our side, called “Acts.” “Stamp Act” In March 22, 1765, the “Stamp Act” had been another Act that the British had passed. This Act required that us, colonists need a stamp on every document and…

Franklin, based on the title alone, supposedly wrote “The Way to Wealth” to tell Americans what steps they must take to become wealthy. Yet the question remains whether or not that was truly what Franklin was trying to achieve. Was Franklin being serious, that following the steps outlined in “The Way to Wealth” would lead to wealth? Was he joking, being sarcastic, or perhaps trying to achieve something else entirely? While Franklin did not seriously believe that his advice would lead to wealth,…

In the 18th century, growing tension between England and the American colonies led to a desperate need for a solution. America was ready to fight for reconciliation, or in other words, taxation with representation. Paine released his work Common Sense to convince America to change their cause from reconciliation to independence. In this pamphlet, Paine utilizes, word choice, capitalization, and a problem-solution structure to contribute to his overall purpose of convincing America to go to war…

The Enlightenment was a period of philosophical advancement in Western Europe. The four main enlightenment thinkers were Voltaire, Rousseau, Locke, and Montesquieu. Voltaire emphasized the freedom of speech by writing attacks towards the Catholic Church even though he knew he would get punished for his writings. Rousseau was a French philosophe who emphasized the idea that all people are equal. Locke was an English writer during the Age of Enlightenment. His mostly focused on the issue of…

accounts from when Europeans first settled on the land and when America truly began to form its culture. Due to this search for identity, the views of Europe, Native Americans, and religion have been expressed in both positive and negative lights. In Benjamin Franklin’s Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, Franklin’s positive views of Native Americans and negative views of England and religion are expressed while Paine’s negative view of all aspects…

One morning, when posed with the question of what is the matter by Pooh, Eeyore responds with the credo: “’Nothing, Pooh Bear, nothing. We can’t all, and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it’” (Milne 74). Eeyore is known as a very gloomy, sad character, and is often even diagnosed with depression. Almost everything Eeyore says is laced with hints of his negative outlook and attitude on life. The word “nothing” is defined as “not anything; no single thing” and “something of no importance…

Thomas Paine’s Influenced Paradigm shift of American colonist People have trouble grasping the real reason behind the Americans claiming their freedom from the British. Little known to popular contrary belief a majority of the people that came to America actually wanted to remain British citizens, even when the British refused to let them be represented in Parliament, which is where the term loyalist comes from in the first place. Arguably one of the most interesting men from this time period…

interviewed about the event, Autrey revealed that he felt it was the humane thing to do. This act surely resulted in popularity, however it is highly unlikely someone would risk their life just for a small portion of fame. In The Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin describes his plan to better his life through thirteen virtues. Franklin was a founding father and therefore an expert on the dynamics of government and how to reach its full potential. These virtues, which included doing civil duty…