one of many Benjamin Franklin quotes. Benjamin Franklin is best known as one of the many Founding Fathers who help draft the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Benjamin Franklin had a life worth writing about for sure, such as being on the one hundred dollar bill, he was known for many different quotes, and he is also very well known for his inventions. Early Life Benjamin Franklin’s parents are Josiah and Abiah (Folger) Franklin, they gave birth
Peter Stone's movie titled 1776 tells the story of the American founding fathers and the process of creating, and signing the Declaration of Independence to free them from Britain. The declaration was vastly approved by everyone, especially the Northern colonies. However, there was one bump in the road that the Souther states could not get over, the Slavery Clause. The Slavery Clause would result in the abolition of slavery, and many representatives of the Souther Colonies, including Edward Rutledge
the United States of America. Benjamin Franklin helped transform America into the nation of self independence that it is today, and practically created the American dream. Ben Franklin was a true pioneer and motivated self help in America. Without Benjamin Franklin, America might not even be as modern as it is today. In fact, the United States might not even exist today. Initially, Benjamin Franklin was a renaissance man of his time. Benjamin Franklin spoke many languages including
Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of America, was a brilliant man and knew what he wanted out of life. He was a smart man at a young age and grew only to become a man of many talents. Benjamin was one of many who have changed America in ways that affect us today. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in The Massachusetts Bay Colony, known today as Boston. He was born in big family. His father, Joshia, had seventeen kids with two wives. Benjamin was the fifteenth and last son he had
Benjamin Franklin is very popular to American culture. He is a founding father and the face of the 100 dollar bill. Benjamin Franklin’s contribution to American culture and society are endless. He was very famous among the people of his time and even historians today. It is rare to find an article bad mouthing Franklin, but that does not mean he did not possess a much darker side to him. In fact, research shows that Franklin was not always the optimist previously thought, and that he also had a much
I want to start my think piece with this quote from the book. “Franklin is best known as prophet of the American dream: if you work hard and play by the rules, then you will succeed. Power and privilege are the fruit of industry and effort, not birth and ascriptive social roles. The American dream is closely associated with some of Poor Richard’s most famous phrases: ‘A penny saved is a penny earned,’ ‘There are no gains without pains,’ and ‘Early to bed and early to rise/Make a man healthy wealthy
Roger was best known as a founding father that signed and drafted the Declaration of Independence and signed the U.S. Constitution. Sherman was born on April 19, 1721, in Newton, Massachusetts. By the time he was 33, he had already studied law and passed the bar. He then began a career in government in the 1760s, working as a judge and a member of Connecticut’s general assembly. During those years, Sherman was a founding father who had the honor to sign and draft the Declaration
Menders 2 Follow in my footsteps Benjamin Franklin was the “proto-typical” American, the original common man, who used learning and common sense to improve the lives of Americans. Franklin was one of the founding fathers who was responsible for many standards of living improvements. He was fascinated by all sorts of learning and he was interested in doing whatever he could to make life a little bit better for one and all. With fewer than three years of official education, he taught himself almost
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706, and died April 17, 1790. His parents were Josiah Franklin and Abia Franklin. Franklin grew up in a Christian house. Around the time he was 15 he began reading about deism, and some even assume he turned to deism. Deism is the belief that God has created the universe, but remains apart from it, and permits his creation to administer itself through national laws. It rejects the supernatural aspects of religion, such as belief in revelation in
As one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin is a self-made man. According to Franklin he had come to be by, “Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred, to a state of affluence and some degree of reputation in the world” (1). The first page of his autobiography reads as a patriarchal lecture with condescending undertones towards those who have not had the ability to rise to a state of affluence and obtain reputation.