... balancing private interest with the public good. Remarkably, in organizing the transport of the stones, the young Franklin had put the public interest ahead of private property. This action reflected the Puritan belief, which is illustrated in John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity." "When dealing with the work in the community, the care of the public must out weigh all private respects for the conscious and civil policy." Franklin's father learned about the escapade and taught his ... and Indian War, he took an active part in developing government plans and raised money for the ...

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... ' analogy employed by Winthrop, in the initial colonisation of the New World, to unite the various subcultures of settlers together, and avoid domestic or internal conflict within the colonies themselves. Jefferson's most explicit vision of America, and how it should exist, can be found in the initial drafting of the Declaration of Independence , (primarily his work, despite alterations by other members of the Continental Congress) arguably the single most definitive code of conduct for American culture in ... Benjamin Franklin wrote primarily about the model American, Thomas Jefferson a...

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... stove and proved that lightning is electricity. As a statesman, Franklin stood in the front rank of the people who built the United States. He was the only person who signed all four of these key documents in American history: the Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty of Paris making peace with Britain (now the United Kingdom), and the Constitution of the United States. Franklin's services as a diplomat in France helped greatly in winning ... strongly supported the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution of the United States. Jefferson mo...

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