Revolutionary War Heroes

In this essay, the author

• Opines that there were many great men in the past who contributed greatly to the growth of the country.
• Opines that revolutionary war leaders and helped american to become the free and just country it is.
• Narrates how he read at an early age and only attended grammar school for two years.
• Describes how franklin slipped a letter, signed "silence dogood," under the door of his brother's newspaper, the new england courant.
• Explains that franklin was responsible for establishing the first fire department, a police force, and the academy of philadelphia, which became the university of pennsylvania.
• Analyzes how the almanac attracted a large amount of people interested in his work.
• Narrates how he was elected the first president of the united states in 1787.
• Narrates how he won a seat in the virginia legislature in 1768, then called the house of representatives.
• Explains that individuals were sacrificed to individuals in great britain, their legislatures suspended, charters annulled, trials by jurors taken away, and their supplications for redress thought beneath answer. no alternative was presented, but resistance or unconditional submision.
• Describes benjamin's policy regarding the entrance of the western territories into the new united states, which became known as the northwest territory.
• Narrates how he erupted into mob violence upon his return to america as the first president of the united states.
• Analyzes how adams denied he was even a candidate. he was the runner-up.
• Analyzes how jefferson's critics labeled him a traitor and hypocrite, pointing out that he denounced divisions as destructive to government.
• Opines that revolution and of the declaration of independence and spoke his faith in the power of god.
• Explains that his second term was hurt by the highly unpopular embargo act in 1807.
• Explains that burr was eventually acquitted by chief justice john marshall of the supreme court.
• Explains that jefferson declined to seek a third term in 1808, retiring to his home in virginia.
• Opines that jefferson died at his home on july 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the signing of jefferson's will.
• Explains that benjamin franklin, born january 17, 1706, was the 10th son, and 15th child, of 17 children in the josiah franklin family.
• Narrates how franklin left philadelphia in 1723 and got employed at a printing job in london. he returned to pennsylvania and had many important skills.
• Describes how franklin was sent to england to petition the king for the right to levy taxes, repealed the stamp act, and represented the voice of several colonies.
• Narrates how franklin helped negotiate a peace treaty with great britain, signed in paris in 1783, known as the treaty of paris. he remained in france for nine years, working on trade treaties.
• Explains that franklin was bedridden during the final year of his life and died on april 17, 1790. he signed a petition to the u.s.
• Narrates how peter jefferson, a surveyor, died in 1757, leaving jefferson and his family with wealth. his mother, jane randolph, was also wealthy.
• Describes how jefferson wrote the first draft of the declaration of independence, which listed the grievances against george iii and offered statements of democratic values. jefferson returned to virginia in october 1776 and began his efforts to reform the state’s legal code.
• Explains that jefferson stepped down from the office of secretary of state and returned to virginia in 1793.
• Explains that the founder of the university of virginia, charlottesville, had great influence on the school, as he designed the buildings, planned the curriculum, and selected the faculty.
• Describes thomas jefferson's vision for america, including the declaration of american independence and the statute of virginia for religious freedom.
• Opines that without these men, their ideas, and their determination, our country would not be as it is today.