Ben Hall was born in the British penal colony of New South Wales in May 1837, at Maitland in the Hunter Valley. Both of his parents were convicts who were transported to Australia for stealing goods exceeding the value of one shilling. His father was Benjamin Hall born in 1805, Bristol, England and his mother was Eliza Somers born in 1807, Dublin, Ireland. (See The Hall 's page.) Ben Hall whilst a young child moved with his father and mother from his birthplace of Maitland, NSW to a remote farm in the vicinity of an area referred to today as Ben Hall 's Creek, as squatters.
He was the first black inventor as well. Benjamin is mainly known famous for the almanac he wrote, this had all sorts of things in it like things about the solar eclipse,stars,science,and math. He had written things about the solar eclipse in the almanac because he was the first person to accurately predict a solar eclipse. Benjamin Banneker was the first African American appointed to the President, Capital Commission. Benjamin also produced a dissertation on bees.
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Benjamin Banneker was born November 9, 1731 in Ellicott's Mills Maryland. He grew up on a cotton plantation he was the son of a former slave by the name of Robert and his mother Mary both of his parents where ex-slaves giving Banneker freedom from birth. At a young age he was taught to read by his grandmother at the same time he attended a quacker school. He was self-taught for the most part teaching himself literature, history, and mathematics. With such great intelligence he had multiple accomplishments in the near future.
Benjamin Rush was a founding father known best for his work as a physician, but that wasn’t all he was. He was also a chemist, writer, teacher/professor, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Rush was much more than what people think he is. Benjamin Rush was born on December 24th, 1745, at Byberry, PA. In 1751, when his father, John Rush, died, him and his mother moved to Philadelphia where his mother ran a grocery store.
At this time Britain was fighting the American War of independence and was also at war with France. A French squadron consisting of the Sceptre, a 74 gun ship, the Astarte, and the Engageante, frigates of thirty-six guns each, and some smaller craft carrying 1000 troops under the commanded of Admiral La Perouse raided into Hudson’s Bay and destroyed the Prince of Wales and York Factory forts. It appears that La Perouse had counted on arriving just in time to secure a handsome prize in the Company's ships, for which he had lain in wait in the bay. However, the three Hudson Bay ships were able to avoid capture by using their superior knowledge of the bay. Frustrated at the escape of the Company's ships and cargoes, La Perouse sent a frigate
Many pirates used the word “revenge” when renaming their vessels, “Blackbeard’s vessel was named Queen Anne’s Revenge; Stede Bonnet’s Revenge, John Cole’s New York Revenge’s Revenge, and William Fly’s Fames’ Revenge” and they “enquired into the Manner of the Commander’s Behaviour to their Men, and those, against whom Complaint was made” were “whipp’d and pickled (84)”. In my opinion, Rediker’s argument here is relatively tenuous in justifying for the violence enacted by pirates. Because the evidence he presented in the book mainly
The French and British got there revenge and demands for reparations from
“When James refused to publish any of his brother’s writing, 16-year-old Ben adopted the pseudonym Mrs. Silence Dogood, and “her” 14 imaginative and witty letters delighted readers of his brother’s newspaper, The New England Courant.” His brother James quickly grew very angry. Benjamin illegally left boston in 1723 and escaped to new york before settling in philadelphia in which will later become ben's home for the rest of his life yet to come. In 1724 young Benjamin left for london. One thing I found really interesting about Benjamin Franklin was is, when he was in london is that, Benjamin Franklin who was a self taught swimmer crafted his own wooden flippers.
Benjamin Franklin was one of the largest known founding fathers of the United States. He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. He was the fifteenth child of Josiah and one of ten by Abiah(Franklin Born). His father wanted him to be a clergy but could not afford to send him to school for that many years.
During the following battle, Drake was vice admiral under Lord Charles Howard, and he also commanded a large group of warships from aboard the Revenge (Biography) (Delpar Helen 323). Once Drake found out that the Spanish fleet commander had anchored his fleet off of the Spanish coast to carry a land invasion force, Drake organized a number of fire ships that he sent among the Spanish fleet. This action prompted to the Spanish to scatter and sail up into the North Sea, where Mother Nature finished them off (Biography). Consequentially, through the stealing of precious materials from the Spanish, capturing of Spanish outposts, claiming of land, and the defeat of the Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake established the beginning of the British Empire and was a thorn in the sole of the Spanish
In order to understand how important this man was, I’ll be talking about his life, work, and accomplishments. Benjamin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706 to a soap and candle maker. His father, Josiah Franklin, had seven children with his first spouse, Anne Child, and ten more with his second spouse, Abiah Folger. Ben was the youngest son of Josiah and his 15th child. Ben stopped going to school at age 10 to work full-time in his father’s candle and soap shop.
