... and Indian War, he took an active part in developing government plans and raised money for the militia. Benjamin Franklin took an active role in political matters and became the Commissioner to England were he fought for the rights of the American Colonies and help drafted the Declaration of Independence. The Autobiography is still read today in part, because it enshrines Franklin as an American legend who is responsible for ... many improvements in American life that we today take for granted. Benjamin Franklin's courage to stand up for the rights of early Americans is why we have the ...

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... very much with the city on the hill' 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 ... ...

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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 ... the Revolutionary War. Many historians consider him the ablest and most successful diplomat that America has...

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