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Did Benjamin Franklin want the turkey to be the symbol of the US?
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∙ 11y ago
yes. thomas jefresion wanted the eagle and he forced james and benjemian to pick the eagle
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Who did not want the eagle as the national symbol?
Benjamin Franklin. He wanted the Wild Turkey
What kind of symbol did Benjamin Franklin want to use for the US?
He wanted to use the Turkey as a symbol of the US, rather than the Bald Eagle.
What bird did benjamin franklin want as national bird?
Turkey.
Who want turkey to be the national bird of the US?
Benjamin Franklin
Did Benjamin Franklin really want the u.s flag to be a turkey?
No, Ben Franklin wanted the Great Seal to have the turkey on it and not the Bald Eagle
Who didn't want the eagle to be the national bird?
Benjamin Franklin. Franklin lobbied for the wild turkey, a wily and clever bird as the national symbol, and Franklin had great powers of persuasion. When the vote was taken, the bald eagle won, but only by one vote.
Which bird did Jefferson want as national bird?
Stumped, however - Benjamin Franklin wanted the wild turkey.
Which one of your forefathers want the turkey instead of the bald eagle as the national symbol?
Ben Franklin
Did Benjamin want wild turkeys or bald eagles?
Franklin wanted the wild turkey for our national symbol, saying it was a more noble bird than the bald eagle, which he considered a robber because of its habit of sometimes taking fish from ospreys.
What bird did Benjamin Franklin want to represent US?
The noble turkey! How much fun would THAT have been?Benjamin Franklin felt the turkey had far more noble qualities than the Bald Eagle. Of the Bald Eagle, he wrote:... he is a bird of bad moral character, he does not get his living honestly... Besides he is a rank coward; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district.Yet, of the turkey, he wrote:...the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America . . . a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British guards, who should presume to invade his farmyard with a red coat on.See the related link for further information.
What did Benjamin Franklin want to abolish?
slavery
Did Benjamin Franklin say waste not want not?
yes
