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16 de sept. de 2024 · Franklin became a living example of the natural untutored genius of the New World that was free from the encumbrances of a decadent and tired Old World—an image that he later parlayed into French support for the American Revolution.
Hace 1 día · Franklin Delano Roosevelt[ a ] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms.
Hace 6 días · Of all the echoing voices of the men who vanished on Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 Northwest Passage Expedition to find the Northwest Passage, that of senior officer James Fitzjames has long stood at the center: astutely observing his fellow officers, expressing his boundless optimism (had the expedition succeeded, he’d hoped to walk home across Siberia!) and always remembering ...
21 de sept. de 2024 · “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” ― Mark Twain
7 de sept. de 2024 · Benjamin Franklin — ‘I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leadi...
Hace 6 días · Albany Plan of Union Key Points. Franklin’s plan defined a permanent federation between the colonies, as a means to reform colonial-imperial relations and to more effectively address shared colonial interests, including making treaties, raising military forces, and levying taxes. The plan, as proposed by Franklin, proposed:
Hace 3 días · Sir John Franklin (born April 16, 1786, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England—died June 11, 1847, near King William Island, British Arctic Islands [now in Nunavut territory, Canada]) was an English rear admiral and explorer who led an ill-fated expedition (1845) in search of the Northwest Passage, a Canadian Arctic waterway connecting the Atlantic and ...
