The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The revolution that touched many; from slaves to women and those who could not vote, American life as a whole would be dramatically changed. The true scale of change involved with the American Revolution is truly massive; it was the greatest game changer that could happen. The American Revolution took place in 1775-1783 when the thirteen colonies denied the British aristocracy and monarchy. They then proceeded to overthrow the British authority and founded the United States of America. The…

America had every right to separate and break off from Great Britain. From the start of The New World, the colonists were unhappy with Great Britain's laws and way of government. When the mediation options and agreements with Great Britain did not work, America felt it was the time to regulate the land they inhabited. The colonists' disagreements with Great Britain's laws, the unforgettable events the colonists led the declaration of war. This as we know is the American Revolution. One of the…

This document details the request from many townsmen of Concord to put an article for the erection of new stables on public land, specifically the Common, upon the Sabbath in the warrant for the town meeting for the month of May. This document was written April 10, 1773, one month before the desired request would be discussed at town meeting. It is addressed directly to the selectmen of the town of Concord and signed “your humble servants” as a sign of respect, and has the signatures of several…

hospital in various departments, depending on the day of the week. My supervisor is Ms. Barb, who assigns us into different departments and makes sure that we sign in and out for the day. Pennsylvania Hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. Pennsylvania Hospital is known to have been the first hospital in the American colonies and is the oldest hospital in the United States. It’s core values are excellence, integrity, diversity, professionalism, individual…

In regards to how Theodore Roosevelt and Benjamin Franklin wrote their letters for the intended audience, this is an examination and critique of the linguistics behind these letters. It is going to show some the linguistic principles and incorporate the usage of phonetics, semantics and morphology throughout. Both letters were chosen due to how advice was distributed in the time of which the letters were written. Also the letters are written in what many scholars consider the earlier parts of…

King George III was born premature on June 4 1738 and died on January 29, 1820 at 81 years. Throughout his life he suffered from a disease called Porphyria which caused him to have temporary lapses in judgement and episodes of insanity. His parents were Frederick Prince of wales, and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. His wife whom he married was Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, she was the queen of Great Britain and Ireland. King George III and his wife Charlotte had ten sons including George Iv and…

I wrote about a important ride from lexington and concord to warn the rebels that the British were coming and by using that I will explain how the author used fictional and non fictional information from another story. Johny tremain was written by Esther Forbes. The Midnight Ride was written by Jesus Garcia, Donna M Ogle, C. Frederic, R. Singer, and Joyce Stevos. this paragraph is about the time that the midnight ride took place and johny tremain took place. The times both took place in the…

of Benjamin Franklin, the potential mental impairment of King George III, and France’s financial and naval assistance that America was able to win independence from Britain. In 1776, America was catastrophically unprepared and ill-equipped to fight for independence; to be more specific, it was in a position that would lead to complete failure. In fact, to say that America was underprepared to declare war against Great Britain is a gross understatement. In A Great Improvisation: Franklin,…

The First Continental Congress ended in October 1774. Many hoped that the crisis could be resolved without any blood shed but that was not the case. The war started in 1775. With no one to round people up to fight, the Second Continental Congress got the job done (Goldfield, The American Journey, pg. 113). One of the reasons that selecting George Washington as the leader of the Continental Army was a significant decision was because, he had experience as a leader before and it was the creation…

“The story of the life of Alexander Hamilton is a story that the most gifted novelist could not have invented. Too much of it would seem implausible in terms of what happened to this man in the space of forty-nine years.” Ron Chernow, the author of Alexander Hamilton, spoke these words in the PBS documentary American Experience: Alexander Hamilton. It seems hard enough to imagine that a bastard orphan from an island in the Caribbean could survive both yellow fever and a devastating hurricane,…