The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Whether it’s attracting lightning with a key, inventing bifocals, lightning rods, etc., or sponsoring the first library, Benjamin Franklin is a hero all around. He helped to draft the document that freed America; the Declaration of Independence. He also was involved in negotiating in the Treaty of Paris in 1973, which ended the revolutionary war. But what one event is Benjamin Franklin famous for? What is his biggest accomplishment? Though this name is a sponsor to our world, why? Most people…

Benjamin Franklin was born on Milk street,in Boston, of January 6, 1706. He was the youngest male of seventeen children, his father married twice. Benjamin dropped out of school at the age of ten and at age twelve he was working as an apprentice as 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…

Benjamin Franklin would not approve entirely of the Purkapile's marriage but would agree that some parts are good. The reason he would not approve is that it seems the husband loves the wife way more than the wife loves him and by Franklin's views it should be more equal. On the other hand he would approve that Mrs. Purkapile does not question nor argue about the fact that Mr. Purkapile ran away for a year as according to Mr. Franklin "Dispute not with him" which is exactly what Mrs. Purkapile…

“Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.” Although Benjamin Franklin wasn’t thinking about the economics of the Atlantic Sugar Trade when he said this quote, it does reveal several key ideas during this time, such as the desire for profit, that influenced the decisions and eventual outcome of this trade network. The back and forth relationship between the core and the periphery was the basis of…

Benjamin Franklin was an avid influencer and icon of the 1700’s. Throughout his life, people looked up to him as a symbol of knowledge and propaganda. Not only did he have many important inventions, but he was also one of the key figures at political meetings. People sought his advice and his wisdom until his death in 1790. Similarly to Franklin, Bonnie and Clyde were important figures and icons of the 1930’s. The revenge they took against the banks and stores during the time of the Great…

on how the American Revolution will change their world, depending on which side they support during the war. The first group is the Whigs, which supported the independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution. In a document written by Benjamin Rush he talks about the ideas behind the Whigs and why they supported the independence.…

One is that of Benjamin Franklin, one of America’s founding fathers and the other is that of a recorded journal of Conrad Weiser the German interpreter for the Iroquois and great friend of Canasatego. The written source of Benjamin Franklin is taken directly from the minutes of each meeting involved with the Lancaster Treaty. The source details each component of the meeting…

higher pay for tax collectors called “The Case of the Officers of Excise,” Thomas Paine was fired from his job at the excise office. Soon after this happened, he met Benjamin Franklin who convinced him that he should move to America. Thomas Paine followed his advice and went to America with letters of introduction from Benjamin Franklin. In January 1775 in Philadelphia he worked at his first job in the New World for Robert Aitken’s political and radical…

oppressed and coerced to do something they did not want to do, by the British, the slaves were also being oppressed and even mistreated. This then is what I think is a justified reason to revolt. I think France may have been motivated both ways. Benjamin Franklin, an ambassador to France reasoned and persuaded the French to intervene. Thus, this may have lead them to step in and aid the Americans. The French may also have helped because of what they could get in return from the Americans, thus,…

Ben Franklin written by Edmund S. Morgan, provides highly detailed information on Benjamin Frankin’s life. Each chapter talks about different times and accomplishments throughout his life. In Chapter one, Morgan provides us with what Franklin did as a kid growing up, and what he was like. Morgan writes, “[...][A] muscular young man, about five feet nine or ten, full of the energies-physical, intellectual, and sexual-of youth...he enjoys a form of exercise that few people of his time dared to…