The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Robert Morris, although not as famous as his friend George Washington, he contributed a great amount of effort to the American Revolution. As a self made millionaire, he helped the Revolution by providing much of the needed finances. Robert Morris was born in Liverpool Lancashire to Robert Morris Sr., and Elizabeth Murphet on January 31, 1734. He never knew his mother and was mainly raised by his grandmother. Robert’s father gave up his career as a nail maker and decided that he needed a change…

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is a pamphlet published in January of 1776 that argued for American independence. By the time Common Sense was released the revolutionary war was already underway, because of this it played a pivotal role in pushing Americans to go for complete independence. Being a layman Paine’s audience consisted of the common man, his works served as a conduit to spread the idea of revolution around the colonies. Common Sense went over important and current topics at the time like…

Morgan has a starting date of 1585 with a tentative closing date of 1776 for his book. However, one could infer that the topic still remains viable today. While primarily set in the Tidewater region of Virginia. The author provides the strength of the ties that England had in the 1600-1700’s into the American experience. He effectively describes England as the mother with her apron strings to her child (America). Morgan outlines the birth and its genealogy of the Virginia Company's plan for…

Growing up Benjamin Franklin and his sister, Jane were always known as “Benny and Jenny.” Through a life full of craziness, I believe that though their lives took separate paths, that Benjamin and Jane were able to stay Benny and Jenny and support each other throughout their hectic lives as they grew older. Benjamin and Jane had differences in their education, marriage and family, financial and their religious lives, yet they still kept in touch and wished the best for each other all through…

The thirteen colonies, which included: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia, formed Colonial America. The colonies were under the control of Great Britain but they started to rebel around 1754, causing their relationship to strain. From 1754 to 1783 the colonies started to unite, which was caused by The French and Indian War, The Road to the Revolution, and the The…

I watched the Founding Fathers documentary, episode 3. The subject of this film is the founding fathers such as, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Ben Franklin, and John Adams and how they all became ‘founding fathers’ of the United States. The film begins by discussing Thomas Jefferson and how much he cared about dependence, how he contributed to getting independence, his actions, and his more personal ways of life. The documentary eventually transitions into discussing…

Good morning, you are tuning into Category 4 news, today we will be talking about Benedict Arnold the American Traitor, the Sons of Liberty, the Advantages of the British and Americans, Yorktown, Treaty of Paris, Women’s Contributions, and African American Contributions. Anthony(Benedict Arnold): Benedict Arnold was born on January 14, 1741. He grew up in Connecticut, he also had five brothers and sisters, but one of his sisters died from yellow fever at a very young age. He began his business…

Takisha Garnett History 1301 Enrichment Paper There is a great likeness between the Boston massacre and the Kent State university shootings.Both display an iconic contribution to our American History. One was based on morality and the other was based on monetary benefits, can you decipher between the two? In 1770 The Boston Massacre shooting occurred between the American colony and the British colony. Now, in 1970 the shootings of Kent State University happened which was not the same act nor…

Billy Sunday Was born in a poor house hold, and later he was sent to a soldier school. And went to work when he was 14. even though in the end he still sucseded. becoming a baseball player and later a famous evangelist. but life didn’t always smile for him when his sons comitted suicide and had a mid heart attack.Though the docter told him to quit preaching, because it was bad for his health.But Billy sunday continued to serve God until the last days of his life. And this is why Billy Sunday is…

Thomas Paine once said, “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” He mentions this in his pamphlet “The Crisis” which was meant to persuade the weary soldiers of the Revolutionary War to continue fighting. The true meaning of the quote is that the more difficult the obstacle is, the more rewarding the outcome will be. Hester’s struggles in Scarlet Letter, the colonists’ setbacks in the Revolutionary War, and Mary and Katie’s problems in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn reflect Paine’s…