Benjamin O. Davis

my best opinion, I think the Deceleration of Independence is the best way to describe the well known face of Benjamin Franklin. In this roller-coaster of an essay I will be informing you about Benjamin Franklin. So, buckle up and get ready! When Benjamin Franklin wrote the Declaration of Independence he was pushing people away and bringing people together. At the given time Benjamin Franklin was gifted with the opportunity to help write the all mighty Declaration of Independence. Given…

If asked to write a book with four chapters about the emergence of American identity from 1750 to 1830 I would title my book Isn't It Ironic? with my theme being the irony of America succeeding from Britian even though the British did not want America to but how ultimatly Britian was the one who forced America to create their own identity and to pull away. My chapters would entail a new perspective on events that lead to an American idetity to show how it was ultimatly Britian who caused this…

Kids being kids and parents being childish. What does it mean to be civilized and how do we ensure that we as a society remain so? If you were to look in Webster’s dictionary you would learn that a civilized society would be recognized as having a set of well-organized laws and rules about how people relate to each other, that the relationships would be polite and respectful. As for who should be teaching this… it should be parents. Parents have an obligation to at least teach their children…

The American Revolution began with actions of optimism from the thirteen colonies seeking independence from the harsh conditions of the British King and Parliament. Americans were in search of liberty and natural rights, but failing to receive these rights led to conflicts between the colonists and the King. The papers "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine and "Letters of a Westchester Farmer" by Reverend Samuel Seabury explain the point of views on the struggles between the thirteen colonies and…

militiamen clashed with British soldiers in Lexington; known as the shot that was heard around the world, marking the first shot fired in the Revolutionary War (5). When Congress did meet a second time they had a few additional people including Benjamin Franklin and Tomas Jefferson. Along with President of Congress John Hancock, they voted to form an army with Washington as the commander (5). The first major battle occurred between the two forces was the Battle of Bunker Hill. Even with a…

A prophet is a person regarded as an inspired teacher, or proclaimer of the will of G-d. “The English word “prophet” comes from Greek and literally means “spokesperson.” This further provides meaning since the prophets were “messengers of G-d”. In Hebrew the name עמוס (Amos) means laden, burdened, carried, and brave. In the Old Testament, a person named “Amos” besides the prophet is never mentioned. Out of all of the prophets, “Amos is the first of the “writing prophets,” that is prophets whose…

British control led to the Revolutionary War Bang! There goes that infamous shot heard around the world fired from Lexington on April 19, 1775. Some say that this was the First conflict of the revolutionary war, but what caused it? Was it a miscommunicated accident, too much British control, or was it from just pure hatred. The British implemented many different taxes and acts that the colonists believed were unfair such as the Stamp, Tea and Intolerable acts which increased british control…

In “46 Pages” the author Scott Liell argues the importance of the pamphlet "Common Sense" published by Thomas Paine on February 10, 1776. Liell goes through different stages of Thomas Paine's life to help us, readers, understand this British man born on January 29, 1737. He experienced many difficulties watching his first wife died, having different jobs he even was a pirate for some years, all the things he experimented who caused a significant impact on his life and made him see things from a…

Oliver Cromwell was born on April twenty-fifth, 1599 in Huntingdon, United Kingdom, a small town near Cambridge. He was baptised four days after his birth at the church of St John. Oliver’s ancestors were distant relatives of Thomas Cromwell, who was a very powerful man in England and permanently changed the course of English history. Thomas was King Henry VII’s chancellor, and was known as a logical man who did not allow emotions to dictate his actions. Because of their distant relation to…

Between twelfth and fifteenth centuries there were similarities in culture and types of power due to trade. Starting from the Middle East through West Africa, and China are connected through trades. In the Americas, Mesoamerica and South America, there was systems of tribute and trade within region. Each civilization was brought together in some way, whether it was their beliefs or keeping balance in society. In a way trade ties together the different societies that developed independently in…