History of the United States I / Unit 4 USH1 0480 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Franklin
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The idea
The anchor calls Franklin the embodiment of the Enlightenment in British America. He learned to write by copying the Spectator, and ran away at seventeen to Philadelphia.
In practice
The Library Company, the American Philosophical Society, the University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Hospital.
Where people slip
He held deism, belief in a God who created but has no continuing involvement in the world.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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