John Hope Franklin

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…

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…

Benjamin Banneker was born on November 9th 1731, in Baltimore, Maryland. His father’s name was Robert and his mother’s name was Mary Banneky. Robert was able to buy his own freedom and the freedom of Mary Banneky. Both his mother and father were freed slaves. It is said that he had only African blood in his veins. Although it has been said that his grandmother on his mother side was white. Benjamin grew up on his father’s farm with his sister, this place is where he was taught to read by his…

The first artwork is Portrait of Thomas Inglefield by Samuel Ireland. It was created in circa 1787 by etching. Thomas Inglefield, who posed for this inspiring portrait, was born on December 18, 1769. He was British, and he was one of the many kids who had been born with no leg or arm limbs in the eighteenth century. The main reason to why this is just an amazing art piece is because though Inglefield lacked limbs, he was able to achieve his dream. Inglefield had a passion for fashion, and…

America, representing freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the descendant of, for the most part, Britain, The English Settlers came to America in 1607, uncertain and scared of what was to come. In 1607, few would have predicted that by 1776 a revolution would be unfolding in what is now America. The reasons were lacking. It is not as if the colonies were in a state of decline, rather, they were relatively prosperous; they raised crops, which fetched quite the prices in Britain, and…

The best known as one of the Founding Fathers of Declaration of Independence and also the Constitution of the United States, Benjamin Franklin, was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston. His father married twice, with his first wife he had seven children and with his second wife he had ten more. Benjamin was his 15th child and he was the youngest son. His father was soap and candle maker. Benjamin learned to read when he was at a young age. Attending to Boston Latin School was a success to him,…

part in the American Revolution, and so did Benjamin Franklin. Franklin served in the 2nd Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He also conferred the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. He was a commissioner to the convention that produced in the U.S Constitution. Then there was Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence was also the third President of the United States. John Adams's presidency revealed deep fissures in the…

Officers of Excise” which gave reason to increase pay of officers and he spent the summer of 1772 handing out 4,000 copies of this first political work by him. He later got fired in the spring of 1774. But, he got a lucky break and soon met Benjamin Franklin who employed him as an editor for his newspaper the “Pennsylvania Gazette.” Back to Thomas’s more personal life he married Mary (Lambert) Paine on September 17, 1759, but lost her…

The American Revolution Essay The American Revolution was a huge event in history. It was known as the beginning of America. Thanks to the Continental Army and their leader General George Washington we were able to secure American Independence for the greater good. This essay will explain the events and what happened leading to the American Revolution and the Revolution itself. The American Revolution happened because of many events back in the 1700s. The Boston Massacre was one of the…