Thomas Bond

In 1772, Franklin was given a series of correspondences between Thomas Hutchinson, Andrew Oliver, (both of whom were colonial officers) and Thomas Whitley, a British undersecretary. In these letters, Hutchinson and Oliver suggested “ ‘an abridgement of what are called English liberties’ were needed in America”. Franklin believed he could send out these letters…

studied the Bank of England and its history. At this point, he had already established the Bank of New York. He produced a financial plan to create a national bank in which the government would “assume domestic and foreign debt, pay off federal ward bonds” , he “proposed that the bank issue notes redeemable on demand for specie.” His plan would allow congress to tax the citizens, unlike the Continental Congress. His financial plan proposed that the government would “hold up to one-fifth…

learning career. After experiencing for just a moment how to read and write encouraged Douglass to strive to learn more realizing that knowledge would be the key to his freedom one day. A few years later, Douglass is taken from Hugh to serve Thomas Auld. From there, Thomas Auld rents Douglass to Edward Covey in order to “break” him. It is here that Douglass endures his greatest hardships as a slave. Douglass reaches a turning point in his life one day when he decides to fight Covey. Douglass…

“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker,” said John Adams on the spirit of the American Revolution, liberty. Rising up in the name of liberty against the tyranny of England, the former colonist evolved into the very things that they swore to never become: immoral, classist, tyrannical England, all in the name of liberty. No longer looking out for the yeoman farmers of the world and white immigrants, as well as strengthening the national government…

Alexander Hamilton, one the founding fathers and the first secretary of the treasury was born in the West Indies and traveled to the colonies as a teenager. His mother Rachel Faucette, died when Alexander was just eleven years old from a fever they both had. As for his father, James Hamilton left when Alexander was young. After the death of his mother, his hometown worked together to raise funds for him to get the colonies, starting with his former boss, Nicholas Cruger, who was sending him to…

Hobbes’ major achievement to political philosophy is called the ‘social contract theory.’ First of all, Hobbes had a different view of human’s nature as Aristotle to start from. He saw human nature was to be tamed by politics, not exercised. According to Aristotle, The nature of human was to be completed and flourished through community and politics (SEP, 2002). In contrast, Hobbes claims that the state of human nature was war. In his book of Leviathan, he states, “…there is no way for any man…

The Christian slave owners separated the mother and her baby because they did not want the them to create the bond between each other. Frederick himself was separated by Captain Anthony, Christian owner and Douglass’s father, from her mother, after his birth. Frederick explains “Frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from…

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin When thinking about Benjamin Franklin the first thing that comes to mind is a man flying a kite with the key at the end of it, trying to discover electricity. He was best known as a founding father, inventor, scientist, politician, author, and a printer in his lifetime. He became so well rounded due to reading books from philosophers and reading about humanism. Understanding his accomplishments and how he lived his life are what were captured in his…

it would ruin the joy and transform it into a mundane occurrence. The parents and caregivers have a point. "Rare" is often synonymous with "special". Have you ever thought about how the availability of a resource is often used to measure its value? Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense, the document that fueled the American Revolution, believed "That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value." This proves to be true in many areas…

Student ID: 20388703 Ethics. Dr. Fisher Natural Laws (Hobbes) - Critical Essay #1 “Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short” (Hobbes, 78), is how Philosopher Thomas Hobbes would describe his state of nature in his 1651 book, the “The Leviathan”. In Hobbes’ state of nature, also know as the state of war, there consists of no central government. Without this governing body or set of laws, the individuals within this state of nature are competing for scarce resources and resorting to anything as…