Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Many of the leading American founders – such as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and James Madison – owned slaves, but many others did not. Benjamin Franklin thought that slavery was "an atrocious debasement of human nature" and "a source of serious evils."
Join, or Die. is a political cartoon showing the disunity in the American colonies, originally in the context of the French and Indian War in 1754. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin , the original publication by The Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754, [ 1 ] is the earliest known pictorial representation of colonial union produced by an American ...
The May 9, 1754 edition of The Pennsylvania Gazette Join, or Die political cartoon attributed to Benjamin Franklin, advocating in support of the American colonies joining the Albany Plan for Union, May 9, 1754
The informative, well-framed and entertaining "Benjamin Franklin," premiering Monday on PBS, explores the life and times of our most colorful founder. Ben Franklin was the most famous American of ...
Deborah Read Franklin (c. 1708 – December 19, 1774) was the common-law wife of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States until her death in 1774. Early years [ edit ]
William Franklin FRSE (22 February [citation needed] 1730 – 17 November 1813) was an American-born attorney, soldier, politician, and colonial administrator.He was the acknowledged extra-marital son of Benjamin Franklin.
Did Ben Franklin really want the turkey as America's bird? A popular legend says that Benjamin Franklin advocated for the turkey to be the national bird instead of the bald eagle.
No, it was not started to help farmers, and Benjamin Franklin did not invent it. Brush up on the real history of daylight saving time before we fall back Nov. 3