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Benjamin Franklin
This category is for questions about the multi-talented Benjamin Franklin, who managed to be a scientist, politician, and just about everything in-between.
2,328 Questions
What form did Benjamin Franklin wright his essays in?
The question has used the wrong word - it should be "write his essays" not "wright his essays."
Who is Paulina Street in Chicago named for?
According to the book "Streetwise Chicago:A History of Chicago Street Names" by Don Hayner and Tom McNamee (published in 1988), Paulina Street was named by real estate developer Reuben Taylor in honor of his wife Paulina Taylor.
AnswerThe pronunciation of the "i" in Paulina Street is long, as in the word "eye" and thus is pronounced differently from the standard pronunciation of Pauline, which of course is pronounced as a long "e."Reuben and Paulina Tayler's name is spelled with an "e", not an "o". Confirm at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago. Gerrit Dangremond, descendant.
What were the four main inventions of Benjamin Franklin?
Franklin Stove Odometer Lightning Rod HE DID NOT INVENT ELECTRICITY! HE WAS NOT A PRESIDENT! HE WAS ON THE 100 DOLLAR BILL! HE WAS BEATEN BY HIS BROTHER, JAMES! HE RAN AWAY AT THE AGE OF 17 TO PENSYLVNIA! Many more facts. Too much to write. Good-bye -RufusThePurpleCow
In what ways did Franklin modify his attire to play to the sympathies of the French?
by wearing a fur cap
How effectivily did Benjamin Franklin communicate his clonclusions?
where did Benjamin Franklin study
While signing the declaration Hancock said you must all hang together what was Franklin's answer?
franklin's answer was "or most assuredly we will hang seperate" but i am pretty sure he said that they must hang together also.
What were Benjamin Franklin's goals?
His goals were to be good at some things and to invent thing's (i think)!!
Did Benjamin Franklin have strong beliefs in god?
Franklin's beliefs were rather malleable and shifted over time. Early in life he wrote:
GOD: I conceive for many reasons that he is a good being; as I should be happy to have so wise, good, and powerful a being my friend, let me consider in what manner I shall make myself most acceptable to him.
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Let me, then, not fail to praise my God continually, for it is his due, and it is all I can return for his many favors and great goodness to me; and let me resolve to be virtuous, that I may be happy, that I may please him who is delighted to see me happy.
"Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion" (20 Nov. 1728)
During some years he appears to have adopted more the "Watchmaker God" beliefs of the pure deists of the day, a God who made Heaven, Earth, and us, but had no particular interest in us or our daily affairs. However, by the end of his life, he had returned to a firm belief in a God who was personally involved with His creation.
At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, he stated, "The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. "
