The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Describe the American Revolution. Explain why it happened and how it started. Describe the major battles of the war and why they were important. Then, explain how the Americans won the war and what was the importance of the war. Finally, think about what would have happened if the Americans had lost the war. What two things do you think would be different about this country today? First of all, I will be talking about the American Revolution the American Revolution was a political…

Benjamin Franklin drafted the Declaration of Independence and he negotiated Treaty of Paris in 1783, which ended the Revolutionary War. It was his skill diplomacy that ended that Revolutionary War. Franklin helped the Society for Political Inquiries to enhance the knowledge of government in 1787. He also helped abolish slavery in 1790. He served as a president of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. He wrote many tract to stop the abolition of slavery and petitioned…

Franklin began his work in politics because he was an activist for independence. He had a strong sense of civic duty. How he began his work is solely just by his own desire to help the public (Independence Hall Association, 1999). He saw problems with the…

“He had a big future before him, you know. He was only a young man, but he had a lot of brain power here,” says Henry Gatz as he touches his forehead. “If he’d of lived, he’d of been a great man. A man like James J. Hill. He’d of helped build up the country.” The title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a new power player in the New York City of the roaring 20’s, where alcohol is illegal yet still consumed, and where parties are common among those who can host them.…

career down to his present state of being a reclusive exile. In The Mimic Men the protagonist is portrayed as a memoir writer, composes his bewildered childhood on the island Isabella and his unhappy marriage to a white woman in his premature autobiography. However, Ralph’s father married the daughter of the owners of the Bella Bottling Works, the island’s local agents for Coca Cola. Ralph is more enthusiastic to identify himself with his mother’s family. “They were among the richest in the…

This essay explores the comparison points of two important documents used in the past. The American Declaration of Independence and Vietnamese Declaration of Independence have in them several similarities and certain differences, when the 1st President of Vietnam, Mr. Ho Chi Minh was laying claim to Vietnam’s independence, giving an explanation to what Ho’s intentions were when he drafted the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence in accordance to the American document. Similarities can be…

Surname 5 Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Number Date American Revolution was not that Radical For a long time America had been concerned about opposing revolutions anywhere in the world. In case a revolution started anywhere, it was quick to engage in diplomatic ways to end the revolution or send troops as seen with the intervention of things such as capitalism in Russia and its allies. Most scholars have criticized and had a say on the revolution with some of them stating that it was…

Nowadays, when people talk about David Beckham, they not only talk about his sports glory, but also regard him as a successful global celebrity. According to Harris and Clayton (2007), David Beckham is one of the most important and symbolic athletes of the (post) modern times without any doubt. “He transcends boundaries in a way that few (if any) other English athletes have ever done and (together with his wife) has become a truly global brand” (p.219). Though many athletes like basketball…

Charles Cunningham Boycott was born in Norfolk, England 1832 and was the son of Rev. William and Georgina Boycott. The ostracism received by his local community gave the English language the verb “to boycott” during the Lough Mask affair in the 1800’s. In his youth, he was educated in London and as he grew older he became very interested in the military. After being discharged from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1848 as a result of failing a periodic exam he joined the 39th Foot…

Another key element to what Mary Thorp views as British is the adherence to one’s responsibility and duty. One of the best examples of this from the book can be seen in Thorp’s diary entry on March 6th 1917 where she states, “If I were in England, how glad I should be to volunteer for the civil service, in such great need just now; still I feel I did my duty in remaining at my post & trying to make good men of the three boys” (100). This quote is interesting as it examines two aspects of duty…