Benjamin Franklin’s Views of Slavery 1787 Benjamin Franklin was a lot of things an inventor, writer, scientist, & politician. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706. He was one of ten children and a son of a soap and candlestick maker. Growing up most of his education was self taught, and by the age of 10 and 12 worked for his father and for his brother who was a printer. By 1721 at the age of about 15 years he created his very own newspaper.
In January of 1930, the “Times” ran a story about Americans suffering from “mass suggestion” (698). The media tried to encourage Americans that the Parrot Fever was a hoax. It was stated that it was just a bad “heebie-jeebies” (698). The 1930’s was a very harsh time for the United States. To escape the harsh realities the press turned this “man killing disease” into a joke.
Title Page History 1301. 07 Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30-4:45 John Quincy Adams: The Critical Years Robert A. East New York, Bookman Associates, Inc. 1962 Author Robert Abraham East was a gifted writer. He has many books out today called Business Enterprise in the American Revolutionary Era, John Adams (Twayne’s World Leaders Series; Twis 78), Connecticut’s Loyalists (Connecticut Bicentennial Series), John Quincy Adams: The Critical Years 1785-1794, and Previously Unpublished Writings of Robert A. East.
KING GEORGE III REFUSED TO RECEIVE THE OLIVE BRANCH PETITION. EVEN THOUGH A MONTH EARLIER CONGRESSS HAD AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF THE FIRST CONTINENTAL ARMY, AND HAD ISSUED PAPER MONEY TO PAY FOR THE TROOPS (DAVIDSONP-123). PARLAMENT HAD ORDERED ALL TRADE WITH THE COLONIES STOPPED, AND SEIZURE OF ALL COLONIAL MERCHANT SHIPS ON THE HIGH SEAS. ON JUNE 7TH VIRGINIA’S RICHARD HENRY LEE OFFERED A MOTION TO CONGRESS “THAT THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES…AND THAT ALL POLITICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM AND THE STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN, IS AND OUGHT TO BE TOTALLY DISSOLVED.” AFTER LEE’S MOTION, CONGRESS DECIDED TO DRAFT A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THE MAN, WHO WAS GIVEN THE JOB TO UNDERTAKE THE DRAFTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, WAS A YOUNG 33 YEAR OLD PLANTER, AND LAWYER NAMED THOMAS JEFFERSON.
In July 1845, John L. O’Sullivan wrote an article in the Annexation that stated that it was Gods will for the United States to expand from coast to coast (Doc. A). less than a year later, President James Polk wrote a war message to the Senate and House of Representatives saying that we should go to war because Mexico attacked the U.S. on Americas land (Doc. B). Although President Polk’s message was ratified by the Senate and House, the United States reason for war wasn’t good enough for them go to war with Mexico.
Ben’s father wanted him to be a clergyman but could not pay for the amount of schooling required. Ben was an apprentice to his brother who owned a printing shop which is where he learned how to print, write, and typesetting. He later became a writer and an inventor and opened his own printing shop. Ben was from Boston, but he always considered Philadelphia his true home. His role in his home state was founding the first library, the first volunteer fire company, the first postal system, and the first
At only age twelve he was sent off to Washington Collage Academy. At collage he studied English, Latin, geography, composition, and declamation. He was a very good student but had to be sent home at the age of fourteen. His father, David Vance, had passed away. So he had been sent home to help his family.
From his father’s first marriage, he had seven siblings. Talk about a big family! Working as a candle and soap maker, Ben’s father wanted all of his sons to learn a trade. ( http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/timeline/birth.html) At the age of ten, Ben helped his father in his shop although; Ben’s father wanted him to enter the clergy. Quickly, he learned to read and write.
His father’s death left his family in poverty. Pinkerton fatherless left school and began working at a young age to help support his family. Allan first worked as a runner for a pattern maker, then as an apprentice in the McCauley Cooperage Works, barrel makers (http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/nation/jb_nation_pinkerto_1.html). He became one of their sharpest craftsmen, often making
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