Ben Franklin: Early Life In his many careers as a printer, moralist, essayist, civic leader, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, and philosopher, for later generations of Americans he became both a spokesman and a model for the national character. ... He generally absorbed the values and philosophy of the English Enlightenment. ...

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The dictionary definition for the American Revolution is; "the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence." But this war meant so much more than this brief description and the American colonies won a lot more than just their freedom, t...

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