Benjamin Franklin And The American Revolution

Author : Jonathan R. Dull
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803230338
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution written by Jonathan R. Dull and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inventor, the ladies? man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less appreciated is the importance of Franklin?s part in the American Revolution:øexcept for Washington he was its most irreplaceable leader. Although aged and in ill health, Franklin served the cause with unsurpassed zeal and dedication. Jonathan R. Dull, whose decades of work on The Papers of Benjamin Franklin have given him rare insight into his subject, explains Franklin?s role in the Revolution, what prepared him for that role, and what motivated him. ø The Franklin presented here, a man immersed in the violence, danger, and suffering of the Revolution, is a tougherøperson than the Franklin of legend. Dull?s portrait captures Franklin?s confidence and self-righteousness about himself and the American cause. It shows his fanatical zeal, his hatred of King George III and George?s American supporters (particularly Franklin?s own son), and his disdain for hardship and danger. It also shows a side of Franklin that he tried to hide: his vanity, pride, and ambition. Though not as lovable and avuncular as the person of legend, this Franklin is more interesting, more complex, and in many ways more impressive.

Author : Kenneth Lawing Penegar
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0875868509
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Trial of Benjamin Franklin written by Kenneth Lawing Penegar and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Franklin, it seems, was a reluctant revolutionary. In tracing the course of his political transformation, this book will explore the social and political understandings and misunderstandings that both sustained and divided Britain and its colonies in North America. At the center of the story is Benjamin Franklin's decision in late 1772 to use a cache of personal letters that had fallen in his lap in London for revelation in Massachusetts - essentially a Wikileaks for 1772 - and the consequences of that decision for himself and for the cause of an amicable settlement of differences between the colonies and the British government. The personal side of Franklin's life in London is explored fully enough for the reader to appreciate both his strong attachment to the place and the inevitable sense of loss from which he reluctantly retreated in the spring of 1775 upon his departure from Britain and return to Philadelphia. In the tradition of narrative history, this book combines two main stories, each one complementing the other. Woven into the chronological and social history is a tale with an air of genuine suspense and mystery about it, revolving around Franklin's publication of private correspondence with political ramifications. The 'leak' was a shock to all, and had consequences for the prospect of avoiding a deeper rift with Britain, a cause Franklin pursued with increasing frustration in the last few years before the American Revolution. There are notable editorial innovations in the book. The appendices contain full transcripts of significant documents of the time (a first) as well as a thorough exploration of the mystery over the identity of Franklin's source for the Hutchinson letters. A practical time-line is included showing major correlative events. This work will fill a partial void in the late colonial period in American history and will deepen our understanding of the role of the American with the most extensive experience of British political and cultural sensibilities of the time.

Author : David Waldstreicher
Publisher : Hill and Wang
ISBN 13 : 1466821523
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Runaway America written by David Waldstreicher and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2005-08-10 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientist, abolitionist, revolutionary: that is the Benjamin Franklin we know and celebrate. To this description, the talented young historian David Waldstreicher shows we must add runaway, slave master, and empire builder. But Runaway America does much more than revise our image of a beloved founding father. Finding slavery at the center of Franklin's life, Waldstreicher proves it was likewise central to the Revolution, America's founding, and the very notion of freedom we associate with both. Franklin was the sole Founding Father who was once owned by someone else and was among the few to derive his fortune from slavery. As an indentured servant, Franklin fled his master before his term was complete; as a struggling printer, he built a financial empire selling newspapers that not only advertised the goods of a slave economy (not to mention slaves) but also ran the notices that led to the recapture of runaway servants. Perhaps Waldstreicher's greatest achievement is in showing that this was not an ironic outcome but a calculated one. America's freedom, no less than Franklin's, demanded that others forgo liberty. Through the life of Franklin, Runaway America provides an original explanation to the paradox of American slavery and freedom.

Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : First Avenue Editions ™
ISBN 13 : 1512405264
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin written by Benjamin Franklin and published by First Avenue Editions ™. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1771 and 1790, American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin sat down to record the important events of his life, from his childhood in Boston to his work as a printer in Philadelphia, to his trips to Paris and his plans for the first public library. The story of the invention of the Franklin stove, the first Poor Richard's Almanac, and his experiments with electricity are all included here. His "Project for Moral Perfection"—a list of desirable virtues and steps to achieve them—influenced the modern self-help genre. Hundreds of years later, Franklin's account of his rise from middle-class obscurity to become a world-renowned scholar and civic figure continues to promote the American Dream. First published in 1791, this unabridged version of Franklin's autobiography is taken from the 1909 copyright edition.

Author : Jonathan R. Dull
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803234155
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution written by Jonathan R. Dull and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inventor, the ladies' man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less appreciated is the importance of Franklin's part in the American Revolution: except for Washington he was its most irreplaceable leader. Although aged and in ill health, Franklin served the cause with unsurpassed zeal and dedication. Jonathan R. Dull, whose decades of work on The Papers of Benjamin Franklin have given him rare insight into his subject, explains Franklin's role in the Revolution, what prepared him for that role, an.

Author : George Goodwin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300220243
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benjamin Franklin in London written by George Goodwin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Franklin's British years.

Author : H. W. Brands
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307754944
Total Pages : 786 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The First American written by H. W. Brands and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • Benjamin Franklin, perhaps the pivotal figure in colonial and revolutionary America, comes vividly to life in this “thorough biography of ... America’s first Renaissance man” (The Washington Post) by the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War. "The authoritative Franklin biography for our time.” —Joseph J. Ellis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers Wit, diplomat, scientist, philosopher, businessman, inventor, and bon vivant, Benjamin Franklin's "life is one every American should know well, and it has not been told better than by Mr. Brands" (The Dallas Morning News). From penniless runaway to highly successful printer, from ardently loyal subject of Britain to architect of an alliance with France that ensured America’s independence, Franklin went from obscurity to become one of the world’s most admired figures, whose circle included the likes of Voltaire, Hume, Burke, and Kant. Drawing on previously unpublished letters and a host of other sources, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands has written a thoroughly engaging biography of the eighteenth-century genius. A much needed reminder of Franklin’s greatness and humanity, The First American is a work of meticulous scholarship that provides a magnificent tour of a legendary historical figure, a vital era in American life, and the countless arenas in which the protean Franklin left his legacy. Look for H.W. Brands's other biographies: ANDREW JACKSON, THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION (Ulysses S. Grant), TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS (Franklin Roosevelt) and REAGAN.

Author : George Washington
Publisher : Powerthink Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781936472031
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Revolution: 1745 - 1784 written by George Washington and published by Powerthink Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no other revolt against the mother country, giving birth to a land, parallels the American Revolution. For, from this revolution on a land separated by thousands of miles and an ocean, new ideas and identities were born. These ideas have sparked the call of freedom around the world as the American Revolution has inspired self-determination seekers for over two hundred years. We hear their voices as we read their words, untainted by historical speculation of scholars and promoters of historical theories. Their words and actions set the stage for the making of the American government, and the creation of the single most important documents offering freedom to its citizens ever put by men into words on paper; the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States of America. Included Works: (over 80 accounts) Two Sieges of Louisbourg by Bradley Washington's Expedition to the Ohio by Washington Benjamin Franklin's Plan of Union by Franklin Braddock's Defeat by Washington Deportation of the Acadians of Nova Scotia by Bradley Wolfe Defeats Montcalm at Quebec by Captain Knox In Opposition to Writs of Assistance by Otis Stamp Act and its Repeal by Lechy Pitt's Protest Against the Stamp Act by Pitt Declaration of Rights by Delegates from Nine Colonies Repeal of the Stamp Act by Secretary Conway Brant to Lord Germaine by Brant Examination Before the House of Commons by Franklin Daniel Boone Migrates to Kentucky Spanish Settle in California by Royce An Eye-witness Describes the Boston Massacre by Tudor Indentured "White Slaves" in the Colonies by Eddis Boston Tea Party by Hutchinson First Continental Congress by Adams Logan to Lord Dunmore by Logan Patrick Henry's Call to Arms by Wirt "Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death" Speech by Henry Washington's Appointment as Commander-in-chief by Irving Washington Speech of Acceptance by Washington Battle of Lexington Battle of Concord by The Reverend Emerson Farewell to Mrs. Washington Washington at Cambridge Battle of Bunker Hill Paul Revere Tells of His Midnight Ride by Revere Dramatic Capture of Ticonderoga by Allen Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Washington's Capture of Boston by Washington Writing of The Declaration of Independence by Jefferson Jefferson's Original Draft of The Declaration by Jefferson Declaration of Independence by Jefferson Why Jefferson Was Chosen To Write The Declaration by Adams A Call For Independence by Paine Siege and Capture of Boston by Washington Evacuation of New York by General Clinton Battle of White Plains by General Heath Washington, Discouraged, Appeals to Congress by Washington Battles of Trenton and Princeton by General Washington Samuel Adams on American Independence by Adams Battles of Trenton and Princeton by Lecky Defeat and Surrender of Burgoyne Lafayette in the American Revolution Washington at Valley Forge by Waldo Letters of Lafayette and Washington France Recognizes American Independence by Franklin Warning Against Conciliation by Henry Capture of Vincennes by Clark Wayne Surprises and Storms Stony Point by Washington Capture of the Serapis by the Bon Homme Richard Arnold's Treason by Washington and Greene Andre, Facing Execution, Writes to Washington Execution of Andre by General Heath Last Days of the Revolution by Madison Washington's Services in the War by Lecky Battle of Yorktown by General Cornwallis Washington Reports the Yorktown Surrender by Washington Articles of Capitulation, Yorktown Explaining the Treaty of Paris by Adams, Franklin, Jay and Laurens Meaning of American Democracy by Jean and de Chastellux Washington Resigns His Commission To Congress by Rev. Gordon Washington Bids His Army Farewell by Washington Treaty of Paris Negotiations

Author : Robert G. Parkinson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469626926
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Common Cause written by Robert G. Parkinson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Revolutionary War began, the odds of a united, continental effort to resist the British seemed nearly impossible. Few on either side of the Atlantic expected thirteen colonies to stick together in a war against their cultural cousins. In this pathbreaking book, Robert Parkinson argues that to unify the patriot side, political and communications leaders linked British tyranny to colonial prejudices, stereotypes, and fears about insurrectionary slaves and violent Indians. Manipulating newspaper networks, Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and their fellow agitators broadcast stories of British agents inciting African Americans and Indians to take up arms against the American rebellion. Using rhetoric like "domestic insurrectionists" and "merciless savages," the founding fathers rallied the people around a common enemy and made racial prejudice a cornerstone of the new Republic. In a fresh reading of the founding moment, Parkinson demonstrates the dual projection of the "common cause." Patriots through both an ideological appeal to popular rights and a wartime movement against a host of British-recruited slaves and Indians forged a racialized, exclusionary model of American citizenship.

Author : Phillip Goodrich
Publisher : Phillip Goodrich
ISBN 13 : 1734911719
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Somersett: Or Why and How Benjamin Franklin Orchestrated the American Revolution written by Phillip Goodrich and published by Phillip Goodrich. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone knows about the Revolutionary War, but few know the true story of Benjamin Franklin's secret plan to turn the northern and southern colonies against their oppressors, and how the freeing of one slave, Somersett, was the catalyst for the colonies to come together against the crown.In 1757, Benjamin Franklin cared most about the security and prosperity of his beloved adopted home of Philadelphia. Threatened by the French during King George's War and with little help from the proprietor of Pennsylvania, the Penn family, Franklin sought assistance in London to force Thomas Penn's hand. However, at every turn he found no encouragement, leading Franklin to develop a secret plan to free Pennsylvania and ultimately all thirteen colonies.Launching this secret plan required politically motivating all the colonies, each with vastly different individual interests. Ultimately, it was two very different historical events that provided the motivation and the eventual success of Franklin's plan.Meticulously detailed and with supporting notes, Somersett tells the real story behind the origins of the Revolutionary War and explains how several well-known but random events during the war culminated in the creation of the United States of America.