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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,…

In 1993, academy award winning actors Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington starred in the movie, Philadelphia, the first major motion picture to address the issue of HIV/AIDS (Howard, 2015). One intent of this movie was to highlight homophobia, the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals ("Homophobia", 2016), in addition to highlighting the Nation's baseless fear of those infected with HIV/AIDS. These fears were fueled by a lack of education regarding…

In the summer of 1771, Benjamin Franklin travels 50 miles south from London to the English countryside to spend a week recording his life story. He explains that he is writing an autobiography for his son William Franklin, who at the time is a royal governor of New Jersey. Franklin also claims that William may want to someday know the events and history of his father’s life. Although, he wishes he could change a few small errors Benjamin thanks God for the good live he has had. Franklin opens…

1. Description and Resolution of the Event The October 6th Philadelphia City Council meeting afforded me the long awaited opportunity to see the inside of one of my favorite architectural landmarks. As a kid growing up not far from the city, I’d occasionally pass it during a family or school outing. Although still young, I was mesmerized and intrigued by its size and magnificent architectural details. For this reason, and in defiance of friend’s suggestion that I should just stay at home and…

---------------------------------------------------------- The prisoner of Azkaban 03 ------------------------------------------------------------ Professor Lupin called in sick; instead, they had Professor Snape. "Trun to page 394." Professor Snape said strictly. No one was talking or laughing anymore, they all started flipping the pages even Molfard. Harry asked where Lupin was; Snape responded that it was none of Harry's concern. Page 394 was about Werewolves, which was a topic that will be…

“Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” This famous quote came from the great man of Benjamin Franklin. This was one of many points he makes in “Poor Richard’s Almanack”. Through his life, he strived to be the best person that he could be. One of which ways was by going through a complete process of self improvement. His main goal had been to reach human perfection. Through the many years that he had experimented with the project he soon realized that it was not as…

Where are Franklin's ideas about productivity/industry still found today? Do you think American workers are ‘Franklinian’? Has the modern world and multitasking ruined the Franklin model? Franklin, while not the pioneer of the idea of an American work ethic, did much to change it from its Puritan roots of predestination. He secularized the American work ethic, and established a series of rules and adages as to how to be wealthy. Many of the adages Franklin once established are still around today…

indicate, he occasionally demanded it. Included in his holdings was land near Sherman’s Creek in present day Perry County. He also owned land near Lake Erie and Penn’s Creek along with many other locations. With a presence in vast areas of the colony, it is difficult to imagine that he would not have had such a strong influence over the events between the colonists and Native Americans. It seems that with his skill set, Montour was an estimable ally for both the Native Americans and the…

Benjamin Franklin wrote a document in the late 1700 known as “Information to Those Who Would Remove to America”. This document by Franklin was a response to ongoing rumors in Europe in the 1700 period. One of these rumors that were being spread in Europe was about the Americans being very wealthy, rich and possessing very many material goods but at the same time they were quite ignorant (Franklin September 16, 1783). All these rumors are clarified by Franklin as being false. Franklin majorly…

When Benjamin Franklin is mentioned, generally his several contributions to United States Society come to mind. It is interesting to find then, that someone who so willingly gave up his time and put in effort to help society, in reality, admittedly had a big pride issue. Plainly, this pride can be seen throughout The Autobiography that Franklin wrote as he recounts his accomplishments. Additionally still however, through Franklin’s writings, it is clear that his pride leads him to build himself…