Benjamin T. Babbitt

Thomas Paine in the book American Crisis claims that america needs to continue the difficult fight against britain for independence. Paine supports his claim by utilizing personification, rhetorical questions, appeals to ethos through the bible and the audience's fears. The audiences purpose is to convince the american people to continue the fight in order to gain independence from great britain. The author writes in a serious tone for the american citizens hesitant to if the war is worth the…

Benjamin Franklin, a founding father, scientist, politician, and diplomat, has been etched into the minds of Americans for generation after generation. His moral template, life stories, and vision for the newly founded America highlight the major themes of his work, “Autobiography,” which still influences many people to this day. Although many Americans still place Franklin on a pedestal, there are some critics who question the moral foundation that Franklin laid out in his work. Steven Forde…

vWilliam Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was born in 1644 in London to Admiral Sir WIlliam Penn and Margaret Jasper Vanderschuren. He received his education at Chigwell School in Essex, England and attended Christ Church College but was expelled for criticizing the Church of England. He then studied theology at the Protestant Academy in France and returned to England to study law. Penn was inspired to become a Quaker when he traveled to Ireland to manage his father’s property and…

in 1762 but that only lasted three years because of an improper entry. ”Thomas published The Case of the Officers of Excise (1772) arguing for a pay raise for officers.(ushistory.org Web) Paine’s move to America resulted from a London meeting with Benjamin Franklin, who provided him letters of introduction.When Paine arrived in the America’s he quickly learned that the colonist were divided between the loyalist ( those who were loyal to the king and thought secession from great britain was…

He was a timid man, and many people ruined the friendship with him or spoke behind his back. One example is when Benjamin Franklin, a famous inventor, started writing nasty letters about John behind his back. Soon Abigail found out what was happening, she responded furiously to Benjamin’s letters and defended her husband.(Hixon, Russell 2) No matter what anybody said…

The road to the Revolutionary war was a tiring, uphill battle for the Colonists and the British. The relationship between Great Britain and the American Colonists were never a cordial, or a generous one. In the eyes of the Colonists, King George III was a tyrannic thief, who used the Colonies to syphon their money through taxes in order to increase his own wealth. Meanwhile, the British viewed the Colonists as rebellious, uncooperative residents of a failing society. Between 1763 and 1776…

Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17,1706, in Boston in what used to be known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father Josiah Franklin was a soap and candle maker, he was the father of 17 children. He had 7 children with his first wife Anne Child, and 10 with his second wife Abiah Folger. Benjamin went to the Boston Latin School for roughly 2 years (1714-1716). Although he was doing well he was pulled out at age 10 to work with his father in candle making, but…

“Ride out, good Cid Campeador, for no man ever set forth at so fortunate a moment. All your life you will meet with success (The Poem of the Cid, 43).” “To king Alfonso, whose wrath I have incurred, I wish to send as a gift, thirty horses with their saddles, fully harnessed, and each with a sword hanging from the saddle-bow (The Poem of the Cid, 65).” The desire to take back Spain from the Moors has always been a top priority for the Christians of Spain. The Muslims started controlling Spain in…

Benjamin Franklin was an inventions superstar. He invented many things. Joel Young shows us by saying, “Benjamin Franklin was a big time inventor…. He invented bifocals, the glass armonica, swim fins, the Franklin stove, the lightning rod, electricity, and much more.” Benjamin Franklin was also a write. In Franklin’s early life, he “Wanted to write, but he didn't know how. He only had two years of school, so he taught himself. He found stories that he liked and rewrote them. Some he rewrote from…

It was a 47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, who challenged the British government, by stating that citizens should be the ones making laws. This pamphlet encouraged colonists to declare their independence from Britain, specifically in categories such as: economic freedom, military self-defense, and mishandling power by the government. The importance was that many colonists read it, and changed their views of the king. The Second Continental Congress formed a committee to write a…