Benjamin Franklin had a remarkably varied career, taking on many roles. He was a printer, publisher, inventor, scientist, politician, and diplomat. He made important civic contributions in Philadelphia, such as helping to establish the first public library and fire department. Franklin conducted famous experiments with electricity that made him internationally renowned. Later in life, he played a pivotal role in the American Revolution and negotiations with France, before signing both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Benjamin Franklin lived an industrious life from 1706 to 1790. He made important contributions in many areas, including inventing bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, the lightning rod, and suggesting daylight saving time. Franklin held several political roles and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He also founded important institutions in Philadelphia and promoted the abolition of slavery.
Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He had little formal schooling but taught himself subjects like geometry and languages. He worked in his brother's printing shop and later opened his own print shop. Franklin wrote Poor Richard's Almanac and published the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper. He invented bifocals, the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, and more. Franklin served as a representative for the 13 colonies in Europe and signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. He played a key role in the founding of the United States.
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was born in Boston in 1706 and apprenticed as a printer before moving to Philadelphia. Franklin made numerous contributions to science, politics, and daily life, inventing bifocals, the Franklin stove, lightning rod, and swim fins. He also played a key role in the American Revolution and drafting of the U.S. Constitution.
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706. He had little formal schooling but educated himself through reading. Franklin made many important contributions and inventions, including bifocals, the lightning rod, and swim fins. He proved that lightning is electricity by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. Franklin held many roles in public service and was instrumental in the founding of the United States. He died in 1790 at the age of 84.
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706 to a soap maker father. He was originally intended for clergy but apprenticed to his brother as a printer at age 12. Tensions grew between the brothers, causing Franklin to run away to Philadelphia in 1723 where he found work and started his own successful printing business. During his time in Philadelphia from the 1730s to 1750s, Franklin made many scientific contributions including studies on electricity and inventing the Franklin stove. He also grew interested in politics and was elected to represent several colonies, helping convince Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act. Franklin later signed the Declaration of Independence and served as an ambassador to France, where his popularity helped form an alliance during the Revolutionary
The document provides context and summaries about Emily Bronte and her only novel Wuthering Heights. It discusses Bronte's biography and background. It then summarizes the plot of Wuthering Heights, focusing on the passionate but thwarted love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. Key details are provided about the setting, characters, and nonlinear narrative structure of the novel. The document also includes excerpts from the novel itself that describe Catherine's deep love for Heathcliff and her reasons for ultimately marrying Edgar Linton instead.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a western route to Asia. He landed in the Bahamas, believing he had reached Asia, and proceeded to explore other islands in the Caribbean. Upon returning to Spain, he received a hero's welcome, having brought knowledge of a "New World" across the ocean. However, conflicts arose regarding his treatment of the native populations and he faced accusations of mismanagement, eventually losing favor with the Spanish monarchs.
Benjamin Franklin lived an industrious life from 1706 to 1790. He made important contributions in many areas, including inventing bifocal glasses, the Franklin stove, the lightning rod, and suggesting daylight saving time. Franklin held several political roles and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. He also founded important institutions in Philadelphia and promoted the abolition of slavery.
Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He had little formal schooling but taught himself subjects like geometry and languages. He worked in his brother's printing shop and later opened his own print shop. Franklin wrote Poor Richard's Almanac and published the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper. He invented bifocals, the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, and more. Franklin served as a representative for the 13 colonies in Europe and signed the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. He played a key role in the founding of the United States.
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was born in Boston in 1706 and apprenticed as a printer before moving to Philadelphia. Franklin made numerous contributions to science, politics, and daily life, inventing bifocals, the Franklin stove, lightning rod, and swim fins. He also played a key role in the American Revolution and drafting of the U.S. Constitution.
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706. He had little formal schooling but educated himself through reading. Franklin made many important contributions and inventions, including bifocals, the lightning rod, and swim fins. He proved that lightning is electricity by flying a kite during a thunderstorm. Franklin held many roles in public service and was instrumental in the founding of the United States. He died in 1790 at the age of 84.
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1706 to a soap maker father. He was originally intended for clergy but apprenticed to his brother as a printer at age 12. Tensions grew between the brothers, causing Franklin to run away to Philadelphia in 1723 where he found work and started his own successful printing business. During his time in Philadelphia from the 1730s to 1750s, Franklin made many scientific contributions including studies on electricity and inventing the Franklin stove. He also grew interested in politics and was elected to represent several colonies, helping convince Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act. Franklin later signed the Declaration of Independence and served as an ambassador to France, where his popularity helped form an alliance during the Revolutionary
The document provides context and summaries about Emily Bronte and her only novel Wuthering Heights. It discusses Bronte's biography and background. It then summarizes the plot of Wuthering Heights, focusing on the passionate but thwarted love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. Key details are provided about the setting, characters, and nonlinear narrative structure of the novel. The document also includes excerpts from the novel itself that describe Catherine's deep love for Heathcliff and her reasons for ultimately marrying Edgar Linton instead.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a western route to Asia. He landed in the Bahamas, believing he had reached Asia, and proceeded to explore other islands in the Caribbean. Upon returning to Spain, he received a hero's welcome, having brought knowledge of a "New World" across the ocean. However, conflicts arose regarding his treatment of the native populations and he faced accusations of mismanagement, eventually losing favor with the Spanish monarchs.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in 1803 in Massachusetts to a long line of ministers. He was a key figure in establishing transcendentalism and published the influential book Nature in 1836, which outlined many ideas of the movement. Emerson had a successful career as a lecturer, publishing several essays. He had four children with his wife Lydia but also experienced the early deaths of family members. Emerson became a famous and influential writer and thinker in 19th century America before dying of pneumonia in 1882 in Concord, Massachusetts.
This document provides a biography of Edgar Allan Poe, noting key events in his life and career. It describes his early life growing up in Boston and being taken in by the Allans in Virginia. It discusses his marriage to his 13-year old cousin Virginia Clemm, and her early death from tuberculosis. The document also outlines Poe's mastery of gothic literature and invention of the detective genre. It describes the mysterious circumstances of Poe's own death in 1849 in Baltimore at age 40.
Jacques Cartier was a French explorer born in 1491 in Saint Malo, France. He made three voyages to Canada and is best known for establishing Montreal and discovering the St. Lawrence River. On his first voyage in 1534, he sailed up the St. Lawrence River over 1,000 miles but failed to find a Northwest Passage. He established trade with local Indigenous people but faced hardship during winter when 25 of his men died of scurvy. Cartier kidnapped 12 Indigenous people including their chief and brought them back to France.
During the 18th century in England, the monarchy was restored under King Charles II in 1660 after the death of Oliver Cromwell. In 1707, Scotland and England joined to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Stuart line ended and the House of Hanover took the throne. The Industrial Revolution began, driven by discoveries in science by figures like Isaac Newton and inventions like James Watt's steam engine. Literature flourished with works by Daniel Defoe, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, John Dryden, and others. Newspapers grew more common as a new form of media. Society saw changes including the rise of salons led by figures like Elizabeth Montagu.
Benjamin Franklin was a man of many parts and played a significant social role in colonial British America and took part in the formation of the independent United States from British empire.Franklin demonstrates the possibilities of life in the New World through his own rise from the lower middle class to a successful man. He achieved his success through a solid work ethic. He proved that even undistinguished persons in Boston can, through industry, become great figures of importance in America. When we think of the American Dream today--the ability to rise from rags to riches through hard work--we are usually thinking of the model set forth by Franklin in this autobiography.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American author, inventor, scientist, and politician. He helped draft and signed the Declaration of Independence. Franklin made many important scientific discoveries, including that lightning is electricity and inventing the lightning rod. He also invented bifocals, the Franklin stove, and was a pioneer in the study of electricity. As a politician, Franklin served in the Pennsylvania Assembly and helped the colonies gain independence from Britain as a diplomat in France.
The document discusses the English Revolution and its influences on literature. It led to the rise of metaphysical poetry characterized by intellectual concepts and strange imagery. John Donne was a prominent metaphysical poet who used elaborate metaphors. John Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress, an allegorical tale of a pilgrim's spiritual journey, after being imprisoned for his faith. The document compares the unified literature of the Elizabethan period to the divided literature during the English Revolution that reflected the country's political and religious struggles.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of the most famous English authors of the 19th century. He had a difficult childhood, working in a factory after his father was imprisoned for debt, which influenced his later social reform novels. Dickens launched his career as a journalist and published his first stories under the pen name "Boz", which became very popular. Throughout his life, Dickens wrote numerous novels, edited journals, and gave public readings to support charitable causes, though the readings took a toll on his health. He died of a stroke in 1870 and is considered one of the greatest English authors.
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic born in 1809 in Boston. He was orphaned at a young age and was taken in by John and Frances Allan, though he was never formally adopted. Poe struggled financially throughout his life and had difficulties in relationships. He is known for his poems such as "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" as well as tales including "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe married his 13-year old cousin Virginia Clemm but she died of tuberculosis in 1847, which deeply affected Poe. He achieved fame with the publication of "The Raven" in 1845 but
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th-17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England and believed the Church had not gone far enough in reforming its doctrines, liturgy, and structure. Many Puritans immigrated to America for religious freedom, seeking to establish a religious community aligned with their beliefs. The Puritans who settled in Plymouth were mostly Separatists who broke from the Church of England, while those in Boston wanted to reform the Church of England from within. Their beliefs, including a focus on biblical literalism, predestination, and the Protestant work ethic, profoundly influenced early American society and culture.
The American Crisis not only describes the beginnings of the American Revolution, but also the life of Paine himself. Throughout most of his life, his writings inspired passion, but also brought him great criticism.
King James I dealt with issues of money and religion with Parliament. His son, Charles I, dissolved Parliament when they refused to raise taxes for his wars, leading to conflict over royal powers. This resulted in the English Civil War between Royalists and Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell. Charles I was captured, tried for treason, and executed. Cromwell established a republic that was a dictatorship under his rule. After his death, the monarchy was restored but with new limits on royal power defined by the Bill of Rights.
James Baldwin was an influential African American poet and writer. He grew up in Harlem and became a prominent intellectual during the civil rights movement, though his views became more militant over time. Baldwin wrote several acclaimed novels and essays that established him as a major voice in American literature and brought him recognition. He found escape and inspiration through reading as a child and had mentors like Richard Wright who encouraged his writing career, though he eventually moved to Paris to escape American racism.
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet and short story writer born in 1809 and died in 1849. He had a difficult childhood as his parents died when he was young and he was taken in by John Allan. Poe struggled financially throughout his life despite his literary successes. He published several collections of short stories and poems and worked as an editor but often had debt from gambling. His writing was not widely appreciated during his life. He died under mysterious circumstances at age 40, with possible causes being alcoholism, rabies, or other illnesses.
This document discusses and analyzes the themes in Shakespeare's Sonnet 116. The main themes are:
1) Love - The sonnet expresses that true love is not fleeting and does not change with time or circumstances.
2) Marriage - Love is compared to an ever-fixed mark that guides relationships through storms like marriage.
3) Loyalty - The sonnet states that love does not change with brief moments of time, but remains constant to the end.
4) Eternity of literature and writing - The concluding lines suggest that if the themes of love expressed are untrue, then the speaker has never written before nor has any man truly loved.
- Sir Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served as both Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.
- He was born in 1561 in London to an upper-class family. He attended Trinity College before studying law. Throughout his career he authored many influential works on science, philosophy, and politics.
- Bacon is considered one of the founding fathers of the scientific method. He proposed a new, evidence-based approach to science and the advancement of knowledge called The Great Instauration. His works helped establish an empirical approach to science based on inductive reasoning and experimentation.
Emily Brontë was an English novelist and poet born in 1818 in Yorkshire, England. She is best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was educated at home with her siblings after her mother's death and showed early talent for writing. She worked briefly as a teacher but her health broke under the stress. She accompanied her sister Charlotte to a boarding school in Belgium to further her education. Emily rejected medical help as her health declined and she died of tuberculosis in 1848 at the young age of 30.
Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599 and died in 1658. He became a Puritan in 1630 and inherited a large house and estates, making him a wealthy gentleman. During the 1640s English Civil War, Cromwell raised his own troop and became a good military commander despite having no prior experience. He later helped establish the New Model Army and tried unsuccessfully to negotiate a settlement between King Charles I and Parliament, leading to a second civil war and Charles' execution. From 1649-1651, Cromwell defeated Irish and Scottish rebels and brought those nations under English control. He then ruled as Lord Protector of England from 1653 until his death in 1658.
Walt Whitman was an influential American poet born in 1819 on Long Island, New York. He wrote Leaves of Grass, considered a landmark work of American literature. Whitman celebrated themes of democracy, nature, love, and friendship in his free verse style. He sought to capture the spirit of the everyday American experience and envisioned democracy not just as a political system but as a way of life.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a noted polymath, scientist, author, printer, politician and diplomat. As a scientist, he conducted famous experiments in electricity and invented many things including the lightning rod and bifocals. He played a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and was a leader in the development of early American democracy. Throughout his life, Franklin held various civic roles and was a successful businessman and publisher. He was also a prominent abolitionist who freed his own slaves late in life. Franklin made many important contributions to both America and the world and remains one of the most influential figures in American history.
Ben Franklin: The man. The life. The legend.Jared Cox
A comprehensive, but short, overview of Benjamin Franklin's lifetime achievments. Would be great for an ESL classroom. I made this powerpoint in high school history class 10 years ago and just buried it up haha enjoy :)
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in 1803 in Massachusetts to a long line of ministers. He was a key figure in establishing transcendentalism and published the influential book Nature in 1836, which outlined many ideas of the movement. Emerson had a successful career as a lecturer, publishing several essays. He had four children with his wife Lydia but also experienced the early deaths of family members. Emerson became a famous and influential writer and thinker in 19th century America before dying of pneumonia in 1882 in Concord, Massachusetts.
This document provides a biography of Edgar Allan Poe, noting key events in his life and career. It describes his early life growing up in Boston and being taken in by the Allans in Virginia. It discusses his marriage to his 13-year old cousin Virginia Clemm, and her early death from tuberculosis. The document also outlines Poe's mastery of gothic literature and invention of the detective genre. It describes the mysterious circumstances of Poe's own death in 1849 in Baltimore at age 40.
Jacques Cartier was a French explorer born in 1491 in Saint Malo, France. He made three voyages to Canada and is best known for establishing Montreal and discovering the St. Lawrence River. On his first voyage in 1534, he sailed up the St. Lawrence River over 1,000 miles but failed to find a Northwest Passage. He established trade with local Indigenous people but faced hardship during winter when 25 of his men died of scurvy. Cartier kidnapped 12 Indigenous people including their chief and brought them back to France.
During the 18th century in England, the monarchy was restored under King Charles II in 1660 after the death of Oliver Cromwell. In 1707, Scotland and England joined to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Stuart line ended and the House of Hanover took the throne. The Industrial Revolution began, driven by discoveries in science by figures like Isaac Newton and inventions like James Watt's steam engine. Literature flourished with works by Daniel Defoe, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, John Dryden, and others. Newspapers grew more common as a new form of media. Society saw changes including the rise of salons led by figures like Elizabeth Montagu.
Benjamin Franklin was a man of many parts and played a significant social role in colonial British America and took part in the formation of the independent United States from British empire.Franklin demonstrates the possibilities of life in the New World through his own rise from the lower middle class to a successful man. He achieved his success through a solid work ethic. He proved that even undistinguished persons in Boston can, through industry, become great figures of importance in America. When we think of the American Dream today--the ability to rise from rags to riches through hard work--we are usually thinking of the model set forth by Franklin in this autobiography.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American author, inventor, scientist, and politician. He helped draft and signed the Declaration of Independence. Franklin made many important scientific discoveries, including that lightning is electricity and inventing the lightning rod. He also invented bifocals, the Franklin stove, and was a pioneer in the study of electricity. As a politician, Franklin served in the Pennsylvania Assembly and helped the colonies gain independence from Britain as a diplomat in France.
The document discusses the English Revolution and its influences on literature. It led to the rise of metaphysical poetry characterized by intellectual concepts and strange imagery. John Donne was a prominent metaphysical poet who used elaborate metaphors. John Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress, an allegorical tale of a pilgrim's spiritual journey, after being imprisoned for his faith. The document compares the unified literature of the Elizabethan period to the divided literature during the English Revolution that reflected the country's political and religious struggles.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of the most famous English authors of the 19th century. He had a difficult childhood, working in a factory after his father was imprisoned for debt, which influenced his later social reform novels. Dickens launched his career as a journalist and published his first stories under the pen name "Boz", which became very popular. Throughout his life, Dickens wrote numerous novels, edited journals, and gave public readings to support charitable causes, though the readings took a toll on his health. He died of a stroke in 1870 and is considered one of the greatest English authors.
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic born in 1809 in Boston. He was orphaned at a young age and was taken in by John and Frances Allan, though he was never formally adopted. Poe struggled financially throughout his life and had difficulties in relationships. He is known for his poems such as "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" as well as tales including "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Pit and the Pendulum." Poe married his 13-year old cousin Virginia Clemm but she died of tuberculosis in 1847, which deeply affected Poe. He achieved fame with the publication of "The Raven" in 1845 but
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th-17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England and believed the Church had not gone far enough in reforming its doctrines, liturgy, and structure. Many Puritans immigrated to America for religious freedom, seeking to establish a religious community aligned with their beliefs. The Puritans who settled in Plymouth were mostly Separatists who broke from the Church of England, while those in Boston wanted to reform the Church of England from within. Their beliefs, including a focus on biblical literalism, predestination, and the Protestant work ethic, profoundly influenced early American society and culture.
The American Crisis not only describes the beginnings of the American Revolution, but also the life of Paine himself. Throughout most of his life, his writings inspired passion, but also brought him great criticism.
King James I dealt with issues of money and religion with Parliament. His son, Charles I, dissolved Parliament when they refused to raise taxes for his wars, leading to conflict over royal powers. This resulted in the English Civil War between Royalists and Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell. Charles I was captured, tried for treason, and executed. Cromwell established a republic that was a dictatorship under his rule. After his death, the monarchy was restored but with new limits on royal power defined by the Bill of Rights.
James Baldwin was an influential African American poet and writer. He grew up in Harlem and became a prominent intellectual during the civil rights movement, though his views became more militant over time. Baldwin wrote several acclaimed novels and essays that established him as a major voice in American literature and brought him recognition. He found escape and inspiration through reading as a child and had mentors like Richard Wright who encouraged his writing career, though he eventually moved to Paris to escape American racism.
Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet and short story writer born in 1809 and died in 1849. He had a difficult childhood as his parents died when he was young and he was taken in by John Allan. Poe struggled financially throughout his life despite his literary successes. He published several collections of short stories and poems and worked as an editor but often had debt from gambling. His writing was not widely appreciated during his life. He died under mysterious circumstances at age 40, with possible causes being alcoholism, rabies, or other illnesses.
This document discusses and analyzes the themes in Shakespeare's Sonnet 116. The main themes are:
1) Love - The sonnet expresses that true love is not fleeting and does not change with time or circumstances.
2) Marriage - Love is compared to an ever-fixed mark that guides relationships through storms like marriage.
3) Loyalty - The sonnet states that love does not change with brief moments of time, but remains constant to the end.
4) Eternity of literature and writing - The concluding lines suggest that if the themes of love expressed are untrue, then the speaker has never written before nor has any man truly loved.
- Sir Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served as both Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.
- He was born in 1561 in London to an upper-class family. He attended Trinity College before studying law. Throughout his career he authored many influential works on science, philosophy, and politics.
- Bacon is considered one of the founding fathers of the scientific method. He proposed a new, evidence-based approach to science and the advancement of knowledge called The Great Instauration. His works helped establish an empirical approach to science based on inductive reasoning and experimentation.
Emily Brontë was an English novelist and poet born in 1818 in Yorkshire, England. She is best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was educated at home with her siblings after her mother's death and showed early talent for writing. She worked briefly as a teacher but her health broke under the stress. She accompanied her sister Charlotte to a boarding school in Belgium to further her education. Emily rejected medical help as her health declined and she died of tuberculosis in 1848 at the young age of 30.
Oliver Cromwell was born in 1599 and died in 1658. He became a Puritan in 1630 and inherited a large house and estates, making him a wealthy gentleman. During the 1640s English Civil War, Cromwell raised his own troop and became a good military commander despite having no prior experience. He later helped establish the New Model Army and tried unsuccessfully to negotiate a settlement between King Charles I and Parliament, leading to a second civil war and Charles' execution. From 1649-1651, Cromwell defeated Irish and Scottish rebels and brought those nations under English control. He then ruled as Lord Protector of England from 1653 until his death in 1658.
Walt Whitman was an influential American poet born in 1819 on Long Island, New York. He wrote Leaves of Grass, considered a landmark work of American literature. Whitman celebrated themes of democracy, nature, love, and friendship in his free verse style. He sought to capture the spirit of the everyday American experience and envisioned democracy not just as a political system but as a way of life.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a noted polymath, scientist, author, printer, politician and diplomat. As a scientist, he conducted famous experiments in electricity and invented many things including the lightning rod and bifocals. He played a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and was a leader in the development of early American democracy. Throughout his life, Franklin held various civic roles and was a successful businessman and publisher. He was also a prominent abolitionist who freed his own slaves late in life. Franklin made many important contributions to both America and the world and remains one of the most influential figures in American history.
Ben Franklin: The man. The life. The legend.Jared Cox
A comprehensive, but short, overview of Benjamin Franklin's lifetime achievments. Would be great for an ESL classroom. I made this powerpoint in high school history class 10 years ago and just buried it up haha enjoy :)
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706. He had a keen interest in writing and publishing from a young age. He published the popular "Silence Dogood" letters and later bought the Pennsylvania Gazette newspaper. Franklin went on to make important scientific discoveries, invent bifocals and the Franklin stove, and played a pivotal role in the American Revolution and founding of the United States. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and negotiated key treaties with France and Britain. Franklin was one of the most accomplished figures in American history.
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706 to a soap maker. As a teenager, he began writing anonymous letters to his brother's newspaper under the pseudonym "Silence Dogood" which were very popular. After running away from his apprenticeship, Franklin moved to Philadelphia where he found work as a printer and married Deborah Read. Franklin went on to open his own highly successful printing business and published the Pennsylvania Gazette. He invented numerous items and made important scientific discoveries about electricity. Franklin played a key role in the American Revolution, helping to draft the Declaration of Independence and securing an alliance with France for the colonies.
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706 to a soap maker. He had little formal education but had a strong interest in writing. He wrote anonymous letters to his brother's newspaper under the pseudonym "Silence Dogood" which were very popular. Franklin later moved to Philadelphia where he became a successful printer and publisher. He invented many things like bifocals and the Franklin stove. Franklin also studied electricity and proved that lightning is electricity. He played a key role in the American Revolution by helping write and sign the Declaration of Independence and securing an alliance with France.
Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston and became one of the most influential figures in American history. He made important contributions in many fields, including as a statesman, author, printer, scientist and inventor. As a diplomat, he helped obtain funds and support from France that were essential for the American Revolution. Franklin signed several important documents and was instrumental in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. Despite sacrifices to his personal life, Franklin's wisdom, leadership and accomplishments still provide an example for American society today.
Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 in Boston and showed an early interest in reading and writing. He worked as an apprentice for his older brother's newspaper and eventually bought his own newspaper called the Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin made many contributions such as inventing the Franklin stove, swim fins, and bifocals. He also helped found the United States by signing the Declaration of Independence and other important documents. Franklin died in 1790 and was buried next to his wife, having lived an influential life as a printer, inventor, and founding father.
This document summarizes Benjamin Franklin's autobiography in 3 sentences:
The autobiography was written by Benjamin Franklin in 1771 and provides details about his life up until 1757, including his family history, career as a printer, contributions to civic works in Philadelphia, and involvement in politics relating to the relations between the American colonies and Britain. Franklin brought the autobiography down to 1757 but did not complete it, and it was later published from his original manuscript by John Bigelow. The autobiography offers insight into Franklin's remarkable life and accomplishments as well as providing a picture of life in colonial America.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was a founding father of the United States who signed the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty between England and France, and the U.S. Constitution. He made important contributions to science as an inventor and physicist, inventing the lightning rod and discovering electricity. Franklin held many roles, including postmaster of Philadelphia, president of Pennsylvania, and ambassador to France. He was a prolific writer and publisher who founded the Pennsylvania Gazette and wrote Poor Richard's Almanack.
Westward expansion after the civil warBlake Harris
1. After the original California Gold Rush, gold was discovered in other western states and territories like Colorado, spurring mining booms. Mining became a large industry and mining companies started to form instead of individual miners working alone.
2. The successful mining towns that sprang up were called "boom towns" but many became deserted "ghost towns" once the gold or silver played out. Railroad transportation was important for the mining industry and the government encouraged railroad expansion by giving land grants.
3. The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869 where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific tracks met at Promontory Summit in Utah. Its completion was celebrated by California governor Leland Stanford driving a golden spike.
Westward expansion after the civil warBlake Harris
Westward expansion transformed America after the Civil War through mining, railroads, cattle ranching, and homesteading. The transcontinental railroad connected the country, while mining for gold and other metals led to boomtowns. Cattle drives and cowboys supported the beef industry. The Homestead Act encouraged settlement of the Great Plains, though conflicts arose with Native Americans over land. Native Americans faced difficulties on reservations and conflicts like the Battle of Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee massacre.
The document contains notes from an 8th grade social studies class on Reconstruction. It includes questions about key events, people, laws, and amendments from the Reconstruction era, such as the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, Lincoln's and Johnson's Reconstruction plans, the Freedman's Bureau, Black Codes, and Jim Crow laws. Students are asked to fill out charts comparing Reconstruction plans, define terms, and explain the significance of events like Johnson's impeachment trial and the 1876 presidential election.
The document provides information about Reconstruction following the U.S. Civil War, including key events and policies. It discusses the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments and their effects. Lincoln's 10% Plan for Reconstruction is compared to the more radical Wade-Davis Bill. Andrew Johnson's more lenient reconstruction plans are outlined and his conflict with Radical Republicans discussed. The rise of groups like the Ku Klux Klan and policies like the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws are summarized.
The document provides details about major battles of the Civil War including questions about key details like the first major battle (First Battle of Bull Run), key generals who became famous after certain battles (Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson after First Bull Run), and strategies employed at important battles like Grant's strategy to capture Vicksburg which completed Union control of the Mississippi River. It concludes with details on Sherman's "March to the Sea" strategy of total war to break the Confederacy and questions about the strategies used by Grant to finally convince Lee to surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Tennessee played an important but divided role in the Civil War. It was the last Confederate state to secede due to divisions between its eastern, western, and middle regions. Several key figures influenced the course of the war, including Confederate president Jefferson Davis and generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, as well as Union admiral David Farragut and politicians William Brownlow and Nathan Bedford Forrest of Tennessee. African American regiments like the 54th Massachusetts and 13th United States Colored Troops from Tennessee played significant roles despite facing prejudice.
Tn during the civil war, leaders of the civil warBlake Harris
This document contains a series of questions about leaders and events during the American Civil War. It asks about which state seceded last, Tennessee's reasons for seceding, and the roles of key figures like Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Ulysses S. Grant. It also asks about the contributions of minority regiments like the Massachusetts 54th and the 13th Colored Troops division. Important battles mentioned include the First Battle of Bull Run.
The North had several advantages over the South during the Civil War. The North had a larger population and more industrial capabilities, allowing it to better support its army. It also controlled the seas, cutting off international trade from the South. While the South had early battlefield successes, the North's greater resources and manpower allowed it to win increasingly important battles and wear down the South over time.
1. The document contains guided notes on the events leading up to the Civil War, including debates over slavery in new territories, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
2. Key events summarized are the formation of the Republican Party in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Chief Justice Taney's ruling in Dred Scott that denied citizenship to African Americans, and abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry which intensified sectional tensions.
3. The notes are intended to help students understand the differing views on slavery that emerged and escalated conflicts in the years leading up to the Civil War.
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The document summarizes life in the pre-Civil War South. It discusses the expansion of cotton plantation agriculture throughout the Deep South, fueled by the growth of slavery and the invention of the cotton gin. This led to a booming domestic slave trade and an economy dependent on cotton exports. The majority of whites owned small farms, while a minority of large plantation owners controlled much of the wealth and politics through slave ownership. Enslaved African Americans faced brutal conditions under slave codes but maintained their own family structures, religions, and cultural traditions in the face of oppression.
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1. The temperance movement sought to ban alcohol, led by Lyman Beecher.
2. Education reform aimed to improve schools and was led by Horace Mann, who influenced the creation of normal schools to train teachers.
3. Prison reform, led by Dorothea Dix, brought attention to poor prison conditions and the incarceration of the mentally ill.
4. The abolition movement gradually grew from societies seeking a gradual end to slavery to immediate abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. Notable abolitionists included Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman,
1) The document discusses the concept of Manifest Destiny and how it led Americans to settle the West coast, specifically in Oregon and California. It describes how mountain men, fur trappers, and settlers on the Oregon Trail contributed to the development of these territories.
2) It then explains how the Mexican War allowed the U.S. to acquire much of the American Southwest, including Texas, New Mexico, California and Utah. The 1848 California Gold Rush spurred massive migration to the region.
3) Other groups like the Mormons also migrated West, establishing settlements in Utah to escape religious persecution they faced elsewhere.
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Andrew Jackson's presidency influenced the spread of American democracy in several ways:
1) Jackson expanded voting rights and portrayed himself as a champion of the common man, though voting was still limited to white men.
2) He implemented the "spoils system" of replacing government workers with his political supporters.
3) Jackson aggressively pursued the forced removal of Native American tribes, most notoriously the Cherokee Trail of Tears, to open more land for white settlement.
This document provides information about Andrew Jackson and key events during the Age of Jackson, including his elections in 1824 and 1828, the development of Jacksonian democracy, the Nullification Crisis, Indian removal, and the Trail of Tears. It does so through a series of questions about Jackson's presidency, the split of the Democratic-Republican party, the spoils system, South Carolina's nullification act, the Indian Removal Act, and the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Cherokee that was not enforced.
The document discusses immigration and the rise of cities in the United States during the 19th century. It describes how midwestern cities grew along rivers and canals, with cities like Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Louisville becoming important centers of industry and trade. Many Irish immigrants came to the U.S. due to the potato famine, and were often forced to remain in the cities where they first arrived. German immigrants primarily came for economic and religious freedom, and settled throughout the Midwest where they had an easier time relocating. Nativist sentiment led some Protestants to mistreat Catholic immigrants and the anti-immigrant Know Nothing party was established with goals including reducing immigration. Nativism resulted in riots in many cities, including Philadelphia
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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Benjamin franklin's Biography
1. Benjamin Franklin's Many “Hats”
Biography of Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah
Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17
children.
Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son
to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read
he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer. After helping James compose pamphlets
and set type which was grueling work, 12-year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets.
Apprentice Printer
When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first "newspaper" in Boston.
Though there were two papers in the city before James's Courant, they only reprinted news from abroad.
James's paper carried articles, opinion pieces written by James's friends, advertisements, and news of
ship schedules.
Franklin as printer
Benjamin wanted to write for the paper too, but he knew that James would never let him. After all,
Benjamin was just a lowly apprentice. So Ben began writing letters at night and signing them with the
name of a fictional widow, Silence Dogood. Dogood was filled with advice and very critical of the
world around her, particularly concerning the issue of how women were treated. Ben would sneak the
letters under the print shop door at night so no one knew who was writing the pieces. They were a smash
hit, and everyone wanted to know who was the real "Silence Dogood."
After 16 letters, Ben confessed that he had been writing the letters all along. While James's friends
thought Ben was quite precocious and funny, James scolded his brother and was very jealous of the
attention paid to him.
Before long the Franklins found themselves at odds with Boston's powerful Puritan preachers, the
Mathers. Smallpox was a deadly disease in those times, and the Mathers supported inoculation; the
Franklins' believed inoculation only made people sicker. And while most Bostonians agreed with the
Franklins, they did not like the way James made fun of the clergy, during the debate. Ultimately, James
was thrown in jail for his views, and Benjamin was left to run the paper for several issues.
Upon release from jail, James was not grateful to Ben for keeping the paper going. Instead he kept
harassing his younger brother and administering beatings from time to time. Ben could not take it and
decided to run away in 1723.
Escape to Philadelphia
Running away was illegal. In early America, people all had to have a place in society and runaways did
not fit in anywhere. Regardless Ben took a boat to New York where he hoped to find work as a printer.
He didn't, and walked across New Jersey, finally arriving in Philadelphia via a boat ride. After
debarking, he used the last of his money to buy some rolls. He was wet, disheveled, and messy when his
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future wife, Deborah Read, saw him on that day, October, 6, 1723. She thought him odd-looking, never
dreaming that seven years later they would be married.
Franklin found work as an apprentice printer. He did so well that the governor of Pennsylvania promised
to set him up in business for himself if young Franklin would just go to London to buy fonts and printing
equipment. Franklin did go to London, but the governor reneged on his promise and Benjamin was
forced to spend several months in England doing print work.
Benjamin had been living with the Read family before he left for London. Deborah Read, the very same
girl who had seen young Benjamin arrive in Philadelphia, started talking marriage, with the young
printer. But Ben did not think he was ready. While he was gone, she married another man.
Upon returning to Philadelphia, Franklin tried his hand at helping to run a shop, but soon went back to
being a printer's helper. Franklin was a better printer than the man he was working for, so he borrowed
some money and set himself up in the printing business. Franklin seemed to work all the time, and the
citizens of Philadelphia began to notice the diligent young businessman. Soon he began getting the
contract to do government jobs and started thriving in business.
In 1728, Benjamin fathered a child named William. The mother of William is not known. However, in
1730 Benjamin married his childhood sweetheart, Deborah Read. Deborah's husband had run off, and
now she was able to marry.
In addition to running a print shop, the Franklins also ran their own store at this time, with Deborah
selling everything from soap to fabric. Ben also ran a book store. They were quite enterprising.
Join or Die
In 1729, Benjamin Franklin bought a newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette. Franklin not only printed the
paper, but often contributed pieces to the paper under aliases. His newspaper soon became the most
successful in the colonies. This newspaper, among other firsts, would print the first political cartoon,
authored by Ben himself.
During the 1720s and 1730s, the side of Franklin devoted to public good started to show itself. He
organized the Junto, a young working-man's group dedicated to self- and-civic improvement. He joined
the Masons. He was a very busy man socially.
Poor Richard's Almanack
But Franklin thrived on work. In 1733 he started publishing Poor Richard's Almanack. Almanacs of the
era were printed annually, and contained things like weather reports, recipes, predictions and homilies.
Franklin published his almanac under the guise of a man named Richard Saunders, a poor man who
needed money to take care of his carping wife. What distinguished Franklin's almanac were his witty
aphorisms and lively writing. Many of the famous phrases associated with Franklin, such as, "A penny
saved is a penny earned" come from Poor Richard.
Civic Contributions
Franklin continued his civic contributions during the 1730s and 1740s. He helped launch projects to
pave, clean and light Philadelphia's streets. He started agitating for environmental clean up. Among the
chief accomplishments of Franklin in this era was helping to launch the Library Company in 1731.
During this time books were scarce and expensive. Franklin recognized that by pooling together
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resources, members could afford to buy books from England. Thus was born the nation's first
subscription library. In 1743, he helped to launch the American Philosophical Society, the first learned
society in America. Recognizing that the city needed better help in treating the sick, Franklin brought
together a group who formed the Pennsylvania Hospital in 1751. The Library Company, Philosophical
Society, and Pennsylvania Hospital are all in existence today.
Fires were very dangerous threat to Philadelphians, so Franklin set about trying to remedy the situation.
In 1736, he organized Philadelphia's Union Fire Company, the first in the city. His famous saying, "An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," was actually fire-fighting advice.
Those who suffered fire damage to their homes often suffered irreversible economic loss. So, in 1752,
Franklin helped to found the Philadelphia Contribution for Insurance Against Loss by Fire. Those with
insurance policies were not wiped out financially. The Contributionship is still in business today.
Electricity
Franklin's printing business was thriving in this 1730s and 1740s. He also started setting up franchise
printing partnerships in other cities. By 1749 he retired from business and started concentrating on
science, experiments, and inventions. This was nothing new to Franklin. In 1743, he had already
invented a heat-efficient stove — called the Franklin stove — to help warm houses efficiently. As the
stove was invented to help improve society, he refused to take out a patent.
Among Franklin's other inventions are swim fins, the glass armonica (a musical instrument) and
bifocals.
In the early 1750's he turned to the study of electricity. His observations, including his kite experiment
which verified the nature of electricity and lightning brought Franklin international fame.
The Political Scene
Politics became more of an active interest for Franklin in the 1750s. In 1757, he went to England to
represent Pennsylvania in its fight with the descendants of the Penn family over who should represent
the Colony. He remained in England to 1775, as a Colonial representative not only of Pennsylvania, but
of Georgia, New Jersey and Massachusetts as well.
Early in his time abroad, Franklin considered himself a loyal Englishman. England had many of the
amenities that America lacked. The country also had fine thinkers, theater, witty conversation — things
in short supply in America. He kept asking Deborah to come visit him in England. He had thoughts of
staying there permanently, but she was afraid of traveling by ship.
Stamp Act
In 1765, Franklin was caught by surprise by America's overwhelming opposition to the Stamp Act. His
testimony before Parliament helped persuade the members to repeal the law. He started wondering if
America should break free of England. Franklin, though he had many friends in England, was growing
sick of the corruption he saw all around him in politics and royal circles. Franklin, who had proposed a
plan for united colonies in 1754, now would earnestly start working toward that goal.
Franklin's big break with England occurred in the "Hutchinson Affair." Thomas Hutchinson was an
English-appointed governor of Massachusetts. Although he pretended to take the side of the people of
Massachusetts in their complaints against England, he was actually still working for the King. Franklin
got a hold of some letters in which Hutchinson called for "an abridgment of what are called English
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Liberties" in America. He sent the letters to America where much of the population was outraged. After
leaking the letters Franklin was called to Whitehall, the English Foreign Ministry, where he was
condemned in public.
A New Nation
Franklin came home. He started working actively for Independence. He naturally thought his son
William, now the Royal governor of New Jersey, would agree with his views. William did not. William
remained a Loyal Englishman. This caused a rift between father and son which was never healed.
Franklin was elected to the Second Continental Congress and worked on a committee of five that helped
to draft the Declaration of Independence. Though much of the writing is Thomas Jefferson's, much of
the contribution is Franklin's. In 1776 Franklin signed the Declaration, and afterward sailed to France as
an ambassador to the Court of Louis XVI.
Franklin in France
The French loved Franklin. He was the man who had tamed lightning, the humble American who
dressed like a backwoodsman but was a match for any wit in the world. He spoke French, though
stutteringly. He was a favorite of the ladies. Several years earlier his wife Deborah had died, and
Benjamin was now a notorious flirt. In part via Franklin's popularity, the government of France signed a
Treaty of Alliance with the Americans in 1778. Franklin also helped secure loans and persuade the
French they were doing the right thing. Franklin was on hand to sign the Treaty of Paris in 1783, after
the Americans had won the Revolution.
Now a man in his late seventies, Franklin returned to America. He became President of the Executive
Council of Pennsylvania. He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and signed the
Constitution. One of his last public acts was writing an anti-slavery treatise in 1789.
Franklin died on April 17, 1790 at the age of 84. Twenty thousand people attended the funeral of the
man who was called, "the harmonious human multitude."