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And came for a particular type of freedom and had to Work Together for a first ethically diverse society, ethnic and religious and background diversity truly leads to creativity. It was that sort of bubbling mix there that allows philadelphia to become a place of great commerce, but also, a place of great middle class entreprene entrepreneursh entrepreneurship. Startup and innovation. Benjamin franklin eventually decides after being an apprentice to a printer there to start his own print shop. And goes over to england, buys the type and the found rips and stuff. Back then, philadelphia had i t...

His brother, who i mentioned was an older brother, and being an older brother, would not let franklin write for the newspaper. So franklin ends up writing under a pseudonym, Silence Dogood. He puts a pen name on it and slips the essays he does under the door of his brothers print shop. And the brother and his friends. Running the print shop, have no idea where theyre coming from. And franklin has put on the persona of a widowed, elderly woman living in the countryside of massachusetts and writing these essays. The triumph of the imagination, a kid who was then 15 years old and never left bosto...

Legacy of founding father Benjamin Franklin. Isaacson argues that franklins methods and passion for science epitomized what he calls, quote, Americas National character, end quote. The New York Historical society hosted this program. It is a little over one hour. This is the 2016 Benjamin Franklin lecture in democracy. We are proud to partner with londons Benjamin Franklin house in bringing this lecture to our institution. Benjamin franklin house is the only surviving former residence of Benjamin Franklin. Today, a Marvelous Museum and Educational Center that inspires and motivates young londo...

[ applause ] okay. American history tv on cspan 3 continues tuesday night. Starting at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, a look at mismanagement of the u. S. Nuclear arsenal from 1945 to 1950. After that the evolution of military Weapons Technology from napoleon to the military drones used today. And also a discussion about the 6,000 american soldiers captured during the siege of charleston in the revolutionary war. American history tv is on cspan each night this week, starting at 8 00 eastern. The Democratic National convention from philadelphia starts today. Watch live every minute on cspan. Listen live o...

Makes him stop. And to cut the story a little bit, Benjamin Franklin actually runs away. He breaks his apprenticeship he had signed to be an apprentice with his brother for seven years and runs away to philadelphia. Now, this is an important thing, because boston was very theocratic, one with very little separation from the puritan churches and the government. But philadelphia was a place where there was a great diversity of people. There were moravians and anglicans and episcopals and screws and slaves an freed slaves, and they all worked together in a place called Market Street. They all cam...