Benjamin T. Babbitt

the Stamp Act. Thomson never lost hope that America will triumph the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act is what got Thomson interested in politics. He was a successful businessman with considerable wealth when he became Secretary of Congress. Charles and Benjamin Franklin worked together on the Stamp Act. Charles was appointed Secretary for the Friendly Association. when he gained the trust of the Indians, he presented the peace treaty to them that he helped to prepare. He was always truthful to…

The British began colonizing in the New World around 1607. when Jamestown was founded. The colonies were essential to the growth of the British economy and global power, and through the use of mercantilism and the Triangle Trade. Around the mid-1700’s, colonists realized how poorly Britain was treating them, so ideas of unification began to form and circulate. Although the Americans identified as British citizens at the beginning of their lives in the New World, many events leading up to the…

Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died at the age of 84. He was a writer, an inventor, a scientist, and a diplomat. He was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. He signed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. One of his famous publications is the “Poor Richard’s Almanack” of 1759. Benjamin Franklin is various things by different individuals. For me, it is his support of the abolitionist movement and attitude…

Both sides of the American Revolution played key roles in the rupture between the colonist and the British crown. The three most influential individuals who played a key role in creating the rupture between the British crown and soon-to-be United States were King George the 3rd who strained the colonies with taxes to pay off the 7 Years’ War, Thomas Paine who wrote Common Sense which caused contempt between the colonists and the British, and Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of…

What were Benjamin Franklin’s contributions to American life? Throughout Benjamin Franklin’s life he has accomplished many things. Most of what he accomplished was contributions to American life. Benjamin Franklin’s contributions to American life were literature, diplomacy, and science. One of Benjamin Franklin’s contributions to American life is literature. At a young age Benjamin Franklin loved to read (Canada). He loved reading so much that he would borrow books from anyone that would lend…

Benjamin Franklin, a well rounded American adept in many fields, once said, “either write something worth reading or do something worth writing” (Benjamin). Although this quote presents a false dilemma, Franklin chose a third option in which he did something worth writing and then wrote about it in his autobiography. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin is a different beast in its literature. Unlike most books, and possibly most autobiographies as well, Franklin’s…

Benjamin Franklin is one of the most influential person that has ever lived. Franklin was not your ordinary man, he held himself to a higher standard. He was a man of amazing wit. When Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia when he was seventeen, he changed the city in a tremendous way. He helped establish a fire department, public library, and it’s first college. Keel states, “Although Founding Father Ben Franklin died more than 200 years ago, the scientist, diplomat and writer remains…

The movie “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is about a Taoist concept called Inner nature. In the book “The Tao of Pooh,” the author, Benjamin Hoff, states that Inner nature is beyond the power of the intellect to measure or understand (38). Furthermore, Hoff explains that Inner nature is the concept that everything has its own unique function (40). In other words, we cannot scientifically understand Inner nature, but only know that everything in nature has its own unique purpose including individual humans.…

The health information exchanges are very significant in the modern healthcare systems. The health information exchanges (HIE) allow the movement of clinical information in disparate information systems in the different locations. The HIE also ensures that the information that is transmitted is still relevant in meaning. HIE is very critical in ensuring that there is faster access to health information, and quality services are also provided to the patients. It is evident that the HIE holds the…

Despite, or perhaps because of, this country’s short history, the American identity is one of the most highly contested and undefinable of intangible ideas. Many of the highly debated abstract concepts are so often and sometimes needlessly argued over because they are indefinable. So much can fall under the categories of these types, like art, love, and poetry, that deems them impossible to narrow down into workable definitions. A blank canvas can be considered art and free verse is somehow…