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Franklins Self-Improvement Project The say patience is a virtue and a mannerism one must learn over time. Though Franklin was seventy-eight years old and had already lived a life of great virtue, he still found fault in some of his virtues and that they needed improved upon. Franklin was a very busy man, he found between his many different responsibilities, duties, family, and his reading/study period he had a hard time keeping his routine in order. Franklin developed a plan that would…

Chace Mullin Benjamin Franklin: The Way to Wealth Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706; he was the tenth child out of fifteen. Franklin’s family came from England, whom was protestant, which Franklin was very proud about. Benjamin’s brother introduced him to a printer at the age of 12, which was where he found his love for writing and printing. With the knowledge he got from his brother, he left and proceeded to start his career. Franklin lived by this famous quote after he left his family “There…

A man who is self aware, who is conscious will have great strides and will be able to progress. Benjamin Franklin was a man who is honest with himself and tries to improve each day. Not to waste time but to make every second count. As he develops these methods for himself and shares it with the world, he is subtly encouraging us to do the same. Being a man that is conscious, aware of themselves and their choices. To be perfect. There are instance when we would fail and continue to make the same…

The 13 colonies, that would eventually become the United States, had long been under the rule of Great Britain. For many years the colonists and leaders of Great Britain had a formidable relationship with one another. However as time went on the colonists realized the wrongdoings of the parliament and demanded change. The American Revolution didn’t just happen out of thin air, there were events for years that caused the uprising of the colonists that resulted in the war. If we take a closer look…

Describe the American Revolution. Explain why it happened and how it started. Describe the major battles of the war and why they were important. Then, explain how the Americans won the war and what was the importance of the war. Finally, think about what would have happened if the Americans had lost the war. What two things do you think would be different about this country today? First of all, I will be talking about the American Revolution the American Revolution was a political…

Benjamin Franklin drafted the Declaration of Independence and he negotiated Treaty of Paris in 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War. It was his skill diplomacy that ended that Revolutionary War. Franklin helped the Society for Political Inquiries to enhance the knowledge of government in 1787. He also helped abolish slavery in 1790. He served as a president of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. He wrote many tract to stop the abolition of slavery and petitioned…

create better lives for people with disabilities and injuries. Both Benjamin Franklin and the founders of OT had a great respect for all kinds of people. In relation to the arts and crafts movement, Franklin also valued skills and craft. The Hull House in Chicago that some of the OT founders helped with was an establishment that offered instruction in weaving, woodworking, printing, and other handcrafts (Cole & Tufano, 2008). Benjamin Franklin himself worked in printing. In comparison to the…

“He had a big future before him, you know. He was only a young man, but he had a lot of brain power here,” says Henry Gatz as he touches his forehead. “If he’d of lived, he’d of been a great man. A man like James J. Hill. He’d of helped build up the country.” The title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a new power player in the New York City of the roaring 20’s, where alcohol is illegal yet still consumed, and where parties are common among those who can host them.…

Postcolonial is a term used for an era when colonies achieved freedom from European colonization. The term post colonialism concerns the effects of colonialism on cultures and communities. Though there was a political change, many nations got independence and they are no more colonies, but culturally and economically there appeared many dilemma and crises, they were still in confusion about their culture and identity. The ethnic sectors' struggle is for independence or to be recognized as equal…

This essay explores the comparison points of two important documents used in the past. The American Declaration of Independence and Vietnamese Declaration of Independence have in them several similarities and certain differences, when the 1st President of Vietnam, Mr. Ho Chi Minh was laying claim to Vietnam’s independence, giving an explanation to what Ho’s intentions were when he drafted the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence in accordance to the American document. Similarities can be…