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    conspiracies arise every day, but it’s your choice to believe them or not. Do you believe in the Philadelphia experiment? I personally do. How is it possible for a great amount of human beings to have detailed knowledge about something that is labeled a hoax? The smartest man in the world, Steven Hawking doubts it is possible to come up with such detailed evidence or documents. The Philadelphia experiment conspiracy theory is a worldwide experiment that took place during World War II when the government used Albert Einstein’s unified field theory to attempt teleportation using gravity and electromagnetism, but considering the fact that most crew members suffered and died because the forces used it was labeled the world’s first…

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    Pennsylvania Governor William Keith offered to send a letter of credit to set him up with his own shop if he would go to London to get the parts, but the letter never came. Naturally, he used this opportunity to better himself. Finally at 24 he had enough money make his own print shop which he used to support his new wife Deborah Read (the daughter of John Read) and his son William (whose mother is not known). During the next few years Ben bought The Pennsylvania Gazette, wrote the Poor…

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    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,…

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    his brother’s confinement he was in charge of the management of the paper. However, the inclined inconsistency between Benjamin and his brother resulted in him leaving his brother. After he left Boston, He first went to New York, in a boat with full of adventures, and then he went to Philadelphia in 1723 (Franklin, P. 16 -19). At the age of 17 he got a job as a printer. By the time Benjamin was working as a printer, Sir William Keith, governor of the province, was then at Nevada, and Captain…

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    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 candle making didn't interest Benjamin. So at the age of 12 he became a apprentice for his brother, James. When James didn't allow Benjamin to print his writings, he did it anyways secretly. James was angry when he found out and Benjamin left shortly after that. He went to New York for a while, but eventually settling in Philadelphia, which became his home for the…

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    Introduction William Penn greatly explored the ‘New World’ of Pennsylvania, encountered the people of his new land, and exchanged peace, hope, equal rights, and brotherly love with the newcomers to his “Holy Experiment.” Before he did this though, he did many things back in the European countries. He had many failures but soon was successful in his own ways. Penn got his huge area of the ‘New World’ because King Charles II was in debt to Penn’s recently deceased father. To repay this debt, King…

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    This idea of Franklin’s was generally frowned upon by scientists. Franklin publishes his research papers, which include his famous kite experiment and quickly becomes a very well-known man. Franklin would go on to receive from the Royal Society a medal of honor. As a young man Franklin’s family instilled traits in him that carry him to greatness. Benjamin Franklin learned the advantages of humility and not being prideful. Franklin states many times in his autobiography the difficulty of fending…

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    Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. Franklin had sixteen siblings; he was the fifteenth child, and the last son. Franklin attended Latin school until the age of ten years old. At age ten, Franklin was required to begin apprenticing his dad in the candle making business. At the age of twelve however, Franklin began working as an apprentice in his brother James’s print shop. “Ben abandoned his apprenticeship shortly afterward, escaping to New York, but settling…

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    and a printer in his lifetime. He became so well rounded due to reading books from philosophers and reading about humanism. Understanding his accomplishments and how he lived his life are what were captured in his autobiography. Benjamin Franklin was born “from poverty and obscurity” (Franklin, 5) in Boston in 1706 lived until 1790 passing away in Philadelphia. Living in the Boston with seventeen sibling Mr. Franklin was the youngest of them, he also had two younger…

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    In the late 1600's, Quaker William Penn is seeking pious men, righteous men, to partake in what he calls his "Holy Experiment." He found men that he felt met those requirements ialong of the Rhine river in Germany and Holland. William Penn quickly organizes a new system of government for Germantown. The government has a bailiff, burgesses and six committeemen. As quoted by Penn, "the bailiff, burgesses and commonalty of Germantown, in the county of Philadelphia, in the province of…

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