INTRODUCTORY NOTE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. Meantime Franklin was concerning himself more and more with public affairs. On ...

INTRODUCTORY NOTE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN was born in Milk Street, Boston, on January 6, 1706. His father, Josiah Franklin, was a tallow chandler who married twice, and of his seventeen children Benjamin was the youngest son. Meantime Franklin was concerning himself more and more with public affairs. On ...

Before the American Revolution, numerous events changed the way America is today. Two of these major events were pluralism and salutary neglect. In the early 1700s, America was a society in which many particular, racial or cultural groups, co-existed in one nation, also known as pluralism. Immigran...