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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father, English-born soap and candle maker Josiah Franklin, had seven children with first wife, Anne Child, and 10 more with second wife, Abiah Folger. Ben was his 15th child and youngest son. Ben learned to read at an early age, and despite his success at the Boston Latin School, he stopped his formal schooling at 10 to work full-time in his cash-strapped father’s candle and…

In Benjamin Franklin's The Autobiography. detailed his journey to Philadelphia and his method of his Thirteen Virtues. Franklin had made a catalog of certain traits that he considered to be at "moral perfection", while at his stay in Philadelphia, to "live without committing any fault at any time". Among these thirteen virtues, I, Genghis Sam Ganbold, consider Tranquility, Resolution, and Chastity to be favorable towards me. According to Benjamin Franklin, Tranquility can be yielded by "be not…

Elias Howe – Sewing machine ⦁ American, pioneer, a man of many things, inventor of the new constructed sewing machine, Elias Howe Junior, was born on the 9th of July 1819 in Spencer, Massachusetts to Doctor, Elias Howe and Polly Howe (Bemis). He died on the 3rd of October 1867. He had eight siblings, three brothers, Amasa Bemis Howe, Sylvester Howe, Horace Smith Howe and five sisters, Eliza Howe, Corintha Howe, Juliett Howe, Fannie Howe and Mary Howe. ⦁ At age eleven, Howe was apprenticed by…

Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was an inventor from the 1700’s. He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. As a child, Benjamin wanted to be a sailor, but because his brother became a sailor and was lost at sea, his dad would not allow him to sail. Franklin went to grammar school at the age of eight, but at the age of ten he left school and went to work with his father in his candle shop because he loved to read and was bad at math. After he was taken out of school, the…

Delaware is a state located in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, to the northeast by New Jersey, and to the north by Pennsylvania. The word “Delaware” comes from the name given the river (Delaware River) in honor of Lord De La Warr, the first governor of colonial Virginia. Delaware is the second smallest and the sixth least populous, but the sixth most densely populated of the 50 United States. Delaware is referred to as the “First…

Benjamin Franklin was an American Enlightenment author who paved the way for the creation of the American Identity. In his works “The Way to Wealth” and “The Autobiography,” he explains exactly what an American citizen is, and the ideals he should live by. Throughout his works, Franklin outlines an extremely challenging and sometimes near impossible set of guidelines that Americans should follow in order to better not only themselves, but also their country. “The Way to Wealth” is work written…

Kristin Combs is a public school teacher at Penn Treaty High School and also a union member. Kristin combs is the only candidate running for City Council who pledged to take workers wage and introduce legislation or a $15 minimum wage in Philadelphia. She has vowed to take teacher’s salary if elected and donate the rest of her salary to organizations to commit to helping public schools. Another piece of her pledging is spreading awareness and strongly teaching everyone about the kind of…

Benjamin Franklin personifies the “rags to riches” lifestyle the Americans love. Benjamin Franklin tells Americans, “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself” (Archer 226). Benjamin Franklin informs Americans to build a rugged individual in themselves. To go out and be self-reliant and not wait there for the happiness to come to them. He imposes on others to go and work for what they want. From an early age he learned…

a printer. Benjamin became a contributor. The brothers argued and Benjamin ran away first heading to New York but ended up in Philadelphia working as a printer. After a few months he was persuaded by Governor Keith to go to London. He arrived there finding that Keith's promises meant nothing, so he again worked as a compositor, until he was brought back to Philadelphia. Benjamin, came back to work for his former employer Denman. He gave him a job in his merchant business. When Denman died,…

The Rope America shouldn’t work. The idea that everyone of different cultures and backgrounds are truly able to (get along) be compatible shouldn’t work, but it does. The definition of improbable idea is something unlikely to happen. The idea of freedom that America runs off of is unlikely to happen yet America still succeeds. America succeeds despite being an improbable idea because they always reanimate after something devastating and they learn to unite through their problems. Most…