Benjamin T. Babbitt

Patriotism ran ramped during the Revolutionary War. Men picked up their muskets to fight for their freedom, and numerous revolutionaries stepped up to the great superpower at the time known as Great Britain. The revolutionary war saw many unknown heroes become known such as, "Mad" Anthony Wayne, Nathanael Greene, and Henry Knox. It was a time to stand up and fight for what you believed in. One of our first, and greatest president also led our country to victory, George Washington…

In Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography. detailed his journey to Philadelphia and his method of his Thirteen Virtues. Franklin had made a catalog of certain traits that he considered to be at "moral perfection", while at his stay in Philadelphia, to "live without committing any fault at any time". Among these thirteen virtues, I, Genghis Sam Ganbold, consider Tranquility, Resolution, and Chastity to be favorable towards me. According to Benjamin Franklin, Tranquility can be yielded by "be not…

Spanish American Wars of Independence The civil war was intended to allow the colonies independence, but they couldn't do it alone. From 1808 to 1829, the Spanish citizens in America fought with their Spanish Oppressors. With the institution of social society new oppression's, the war had another motive. America eventually had to get involved, not because they supported the colonist but because the European power was in America's domain. This aided in sparking the Monroe Doctrine during its run…

every substance is contained in three different kinds of earth. The vitrifiable, the mercurial, and the combustible were three substances that, when burned, the combustible earth would be released. Becher constantly tried to prove his theory. He wasn´t satisfied with theories being tossed around to satisfy the public. He wanted to understand why substances rust or combust. He then became the first chemist to finally find a valid method for combustion and rusting. Although, in later years it…

The British strategy at first was to contain revolutionary sentiment in Massachusetts. They tried it and it didn’t work so they were coming up with another strategy. Then someone came up with a new one. They said for them to capture New York, where many loyalists lived, so they could use it as a base. The British launched another plan and it was designed to split the New England off from the rest of the colonies. their battle of Saratoga was a crucial turning Point. There was another British…

John Dalton was born September 6th, 1766 in Eaglesfield, England. Both of his parents, Joseph and Deborah were both Quakers who owned a house and a small little yard. Due to them being Quakers, they were seen as rebels by the established Church of England, which blocked his educational opportunities. John was a brainy child who looked at the world a little more closely than normal kids. At age 11, he attended a school in his town, but then became a teacher helper. Around 15 John started to help…

American Ideals Essay In 1763, the British control over the colonies after defeated the French in the North American. The British raised taxes to the colonists also limited trade, and the British order the colonist that the soldiers could stay in their house. The colonies doesn’t want rules by the British King because their actions violated the rights. In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote a document about the Declaration of Independence. Americans have lived up to the ideals expressed in the…

Elias Howe – Sewing machine ⦁ American, pioneer, a man of many things, inventor of the new constructed sewing machine, Elias Howe Junior, was born on the 9th of July 1819 in Spencer, Massachusetts to Doctor, Elias Howe and Polly Howe (Bemis). He died on the 3rd of October 1867. He had eight siblings, three brothers, Amasa Bemis Howe, Sylvester Howe, Horace Smith Howe and five sisters, Eliza Howe, Corintha Howe, Juliett Howe, Fannie Howe and Mary Howe. ⦁ At age eleven, Howe was apprenticed by…

In Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography, he explains his thirteen virtues that he has observed to achieve perfection. He believes that in order to achieve perfection in all aspects of life, you must follow a strict lifestyle that adapts to the thirteen virtues he created. During the three weeks, I followed the cleanliness, silence, and temperance virtues. After experiencing the virtues for three weeks, I realized how I needed to change how I was living. During the first week of the examination…

Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was an inventor from the 1700’s. He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. As a child, Benjamin wanted to be a sailor, but because his brother became a sailor and was lost at sea, his dad would not allow him to sail. Franklin went to grammar school at the age of eight, but at the age of ten he left school and went to work with his father in his candle shop because he loved to read and was bad at math. After he was taken out of school, the…