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Poor Richards Almanack

poor Ricbard 17 j ) Benjamin Franklin was AN

one of the most famous people in colonial Almanack America He helped lead

Forthe Year or Cbrillduring the American Revolution By that time he was already well I 7 3 3known

Being the Firfi after LE4P YEARFranklin was born AnJ ~ filllaquo - C~lI Yean

in Boston in 1706 He By the Account or the Ellern C7W1u 7241 By the Latin Church when 0 cot rgot his start as a printer By the Computamption of WW

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J74l By thr RII oronoIogy 68gin Philadelphia He By the JtUli6 Habbi

published a newspaper Wherein is (ontllid 494

called The Pennsylvania The LUTlations E c1ipfes Judgment of the Weatlm- Spring Tid~ P lanet MotiON BeGazette Franklin was also an mutual Afpc8s Sun and Moons Riling and SetshyiinJ Length of Day Tirn6 or High WIN inventor and a scientist He Fabullbull Cuarts and obferuble Daysbull

amp In 1776 Benjamin Franklin Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degreeswas a politician too He was was already 70 years old nd MeMdian of Five HOWS VIIen from1involved in the life of his city but may without fcnnble Error rerveallth ad~

teent Placa eYen from N-follllilM to J1IJHe set up the first volunteer fire wwi ByRICH-~~1R-D~S-=-A~U--N-V=-E=R=-S-=P-tu~lo-m-department in the colonies He also started the ------------------~~----first public library p HI LAD E L PHIAllPrinted and fold by B FR4NKLIN at the Newmiddot

Franklin wrote and published the POOT - bull frtltLing Office neap t~ Marlcct (

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from 1732 to 1757 Poor Richard was a character Poor Richards Almanack was a

that Franklin made up The almanac told Poor best seller in colonial America Richards advice on all sorts of things Some of the sayings are jokes

The almanac showed Franklins idea of basic An1erican common sense People liked it Many of the sayings are still used today Do you know any What do they mean to you


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omprehension onnection

Befor R ding 1 Read the liUe and look at the

iUu tmtion Read their caption Who was Benjamin Franklin

Do you think that Benjamin Franklin lived a long time ago What make you thj nk o

3 What is the connection between B njamin Franklin and Poor Richards AlmallDck What make au think so

During Reading

1 What are some of the things that made Benjamin Franklin famous

2 Have you heard any of the sayings from Poor Richards Almanack before Which ones

3 Why do you suppose Benjamin Franklin wrote the Poor Richard sayings

After Reading

1 Do you think Benjamin Franklin wa an important per on What makes you lhink a you do

2 Why do you think the ayings in Poor Richards All7lanack were a popular

3 Put some of tb aying in your own word I it difficull to u e as few words a he did Why

Skill Focus Puzzle It Out

Lots of things can puzzle a reader For example authors may not explain everything Some things you have to think about

On the front of this card are several examples of this The author lists some of Benjamin Franklins sayings She has told you that the sayings express common sense You know the phrase wise sayings Then you read the fiJst saying Hunger never saw bad bread Huh What does it mean How can hunger see What is bad bread

The smart reader stops here and thinks about what this might mean Maybe you already know something about figurative language It is a color~ul use of words The words mean something more than each words usual meaning Maybe here hunger is meant to stand for any hungry person Maybe bad bIead means food that is not very tasty You think about times when you have been really hungry Yo) can figure out that this saying means When you are hungry you arent very picky Then you read the next saying Eat to live and not live to eat You can figure om that eat to live means people have to have food in order to stay alive But maybe you have no idea what live to eat means Then it is time to raise your hand and ask a question

Writing Extension Authors must think about their readers The main purposes for writing are to entertain and to give information Some other reasons for writing might be to persuade people or just to share your own feelings about something Write one or two sayings like Poor Richards Keep a purpose in mind for each saying Write entertain inform persuade or egtpress after each one

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Exploring the New World A Spicy Tale

There a ~ d man named 1cm P 10 J It lived in Ilaly I k trLll~lcd tl China hcre he senv many ncw lhin~s In 1271 hcVrolca bnok Th is b )1 khat slories 1bl)Ut lhe things he a thcre Thi~ made uther pCL)pk liin~ in I=ur pc wanL tL) expk fe Ilk)

Thc pcopk f Lumrc liked sian gtpkc~ Their fl)ud oilcll went bilL Spj(c~

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1 nLed l ) bri n~ back r ice l)n hips Inslead gtailurs fml1d land in thL Vest The world w( uld never be the lalllL

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[xpil)rcr L)ok risk because they wanted to be rkh They )ftCI1 died Some peorle thought thillthey would hnu g)ld RlIkrs wanlLd g Id ll)l)

nng~ and qucen~ paid for III lsL f the lri r ~ They th LIght that the men ou lcl bring hiKk gl)lu

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Mo~t peuple in thl HOO -did that [arth Vas f1al ~Ulomc thought rhll it 15 r undo They Aanted to pr Vc il Oth r people wJnLed Ll) share their iaith These men told ruler lhat they w uld Leach their i~iLh I peupJe in the ncw lands TheIl Lhc ru ler paid for their rrip -

llany places -vcre found by mL lake SLiIl very find gave nlV inf rlllLl1ion fter each trip I11Llpmlkers made beltcr mars

Risky Adventures y Life on 1 ship wa~ rough Sclikrs died from

hunger They dild irom ickness and Lhey died in shipwreck [ven afler readling h re the (TeV might find tribes waiting t kill thel11 On every trip they saikd into the unknown

metimc~ the ere Lluld fight with Ule ( ptain This was ca lled a mutiny nother V )rd f r this i- a rlV It ferdinand 1 la-ellan (l11uh-J~ LL-uhn) stopped 11( CrghL middothen he left a mall in Iirazil Ilc had an ther man killed

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Explorers The Vikings in North America

The Vik ing we re ~ai lorgt They lived in [ wL)pe The VIIlllg lilcd acr Ss the LKca n In 1~(1 they r~ached rOrLh mcriGl Then they went back homc he D id J man nll11ld I~ir I~ riks~on ilbou t Lhlir trip J k llntld t eplore t )0

~u he set sail lie k1l11kd in what is Ill Canal-b 1Ie nl med it inJ1I1d Vhy It had lots l f grap vine

Some Vik ings tried t eHle in the neI Imel Hut Ihll1g went f mg ~o they Idl rc haeolugi-r (ar-kc-OL-uh-Wh) ludy h ) PCl r ic live I hmg ago rchalologi middotts have f )unu the Viking illagcs

Columbus and Vespucci Reach the Americas

LhrbLLphl r C )Iumhus was 1n explore Ik wanted to fi nd cl new ~ca mUle ti Ch ina Iin~ ]-crdini1I1d and Queen IS~lbcllLl oi Splin ~ lid tJ1CY wluld help They gave him sa ilors i1nJ ships Th~ ship well na meu I ma Pnla and anla JIuria

In ugust 141)2 the -hips left Spain They saikd west aer s the tllanlk Occm On Oct b r 12 the s]ilors SL1W lam It wa San Salvador Thb L in the Bhamas They wenl ash re Chrbt ph r C lumbu Lhough l Lh~y vvere ncar lapan He vvenL h me and be am ~ a her)



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I Ie wrote nix lit the rcorl rmd the animnls lhll he had seen t cartographer (klhr-TOl-ruh -fur) rC~lJ his ~tory A carlugr~lrhcr is ~I mapmakcr In 1507 til is cartographer m~ldc a map 1Ie put the n1)111 Jm~riGl l)n it mcrica L named lfLer Amcrigl Vesrucci

The First Trip Around the World

Ships from Eur pc ailed SJuth anund the tip of lfric1 That lt1 h v they wcnl to j si1 But ~ rdin[1nd lLlgcll-ln (m h-I[LL-uhn) wanted a new rout He h-ld Iil ships 1I1d 270 men They ~lt1ilcJ Vest from pain Tiley imlnd d SLJ1 i L This i d

l1lt1rroV or ning o(watcr It Va ncar the lip (S LIth Imeric(]

Then I-crdinamll1~lgell-m tl ld h i- crew the Lruth The were _ailing around the world The crew aIm t ran L1l of fo d They tlcnrlv di j

of hunge r 111151 thcy reached some islands It 3S the Ph ilippines There they glH fOOll But Magelbn died in a fight lust one of his ~hi ps Jnd 1 H men made iL back t Spain

round 1500 Am~rigo Ve pucci (ves -p )O-chec) wenl [0 lhe Nel Vorl 1 lIe maJc four trips

Comprehension Question How did Amcricltl get its name

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The New EnglandColonies

The ~orLh is als called eV L nglmd Thln wen f ur (01 nils in the rth The col nics were ~Ia sachu)eth C nnecticLlL Rhode Islandbulllnd

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Thl Pilgrim werc rh e first gr up )j pc )Jlk to elll ) in the I rthI

Thly CltlIlle fr m lreat 13ri tlin The Pilgrims carnc vel L n a hip ca lled the 1L7y70Iver in I b20 Thl cclnLl group of setllcr was the Puritan The I uritans arrived in J62LJ

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at thl SIHt f winter It a cry cold They did nOL have much f n 1 lany uf thcm died in the colLi

The [1 uritans were pr miscd land They had a charter A ch lrter lS ~l JliJP~r fm l11 thL ki ng Il pr )leClcd them The Purilms

ught a k1t f [aoJ Thev dId Ve il during their first Vintcr The Purilll1 Cll11C Lo make a ne- church Thev wan ted to make theil wn rule The I uritans ll1~lde I LS uf rules IverVll1e liv ing in thc c lony had to fall w them

Some r~oplc wre unhappy Thev did n t likl the rules fhev

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Making a Living

The NOrLh Va Ill)l g xl [ r [arming Th~ gnuntl was iull of r ck The winlers were ( ld and lilsted 1 long lime The c I )ni ts grew enough food to e~t Gut they cou ld nor gTOW any exLra fo d So rhe cou ld net maKe ~ living L S filrmcr~

There Ilre ~1 ILl f Lrecs in the N rth Tht Wll d ir m the trees Wl-shy

ustd t build ships S )mc men be~lmc hirbLlilJcr~ Other men Ci1Ugi1t fish The pet pie ate the t1sh

lany anill1cb lived in the fc rests People caught Lhem L) sell the fllr~ ~ur Lr~1Llcr got rich

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The Middle Colonies Settling the Middle Colonies

Till [LlLch and Swedish sLarted lhe tirq middle L~)l ny The Dutch named il ew --JcLheriand (N[TII middot uhr- lilIld) King lharlc~ II Vl~ the kil1~ L f Great Hritain He wltlnLed Ielt N~thcrldt1d lie ltlit that he would Lake iL bv [meL BUl the peuple did nut want to fight The I gl e up the Lll1d jn rhe ve1I (l(- L Thc king ~-1 c

it lu hi brother jal11es J~lmc plit it inl two colonic They were Ncw 1 rk lt1I1 Ll New jersev

Viliam Pcnn SUlrted Pcnn~vl1I1ia ~ll1d OCkl1I They wen the lther two middle col nk

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Quakcr The QUilkcrs lre a ~r()up of pc pic They ~aid rhll 111 pel pie V re equal They did n L believe in war The peop le in Grcll HrilLlin d id n)[ l ikt them Sl) Nl r I) nil wanted I g away

illiam Penn iaLiler had IenLmonev Lo Kin~ Ch lr1C~ I I nn went L~ lh l king Penn aid that he did m t wanL the rn mey He wanLed land in the New Vorld S) lhe king gave land L) Penn in 16R I Then were mltln I treeS l n thc Jand Peoplc ca lled it Penns Vc od- It in cll1cd P nnwlvania

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Villiam Penn It the pc pic be fnc They did n LhltlvC tu belong to l -hurch An Illan c uld tc l)r hold l)fficc Penn~-ylv nia Va the center )f - loniill (kuh-LOII-nce-uhl) America In the latmiddot 1700s il11lx rt~ln things happened there Its Iapital city wa~ Philad If hia



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Bread Basket Colonies

The people learCd till bnJ for f1rllls in tile middle colonics Th~v grev gmin The ~rltlin was used to make bread S people cal led them the brcaJ baskel C( lonies The bnners sold grain and cov t) the other col nie~ The pel pk in the miJdlc colonies ~l l so ma le ir n They used it for t Ll I1S md to Is

M my riers n()WcJ thr ugh the middle ~ ok1n i es ThL I11J de trad ing easy Farmers rut the ir -rors on b )a ls The bal s il ed to bi~ Pl rls The biggest P)lls were ill IeV York Lily and Phi l adelphi~l Then th crops were loaded Ollll) krrgc ships

Comprehension Question The middle colonies h Iped Lhe oLhcr col Ilies

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The Southern Colonies About 100 111(11 llel be y slt1 ilcd [0 Vi rgin i1 in 1607 They ~t up lt1

~Ittlcmcnt They na med lh eir new hOl11e lamestclwll They did nOl plant crops They 10 ked for g~ ld lUst 1 rev d the men buil l gl Ki h )l11Cs So 1110 l oi lhem died the tirst year Then loh n Smi th t ok dlilrgC 111 maul 1 new fuk If a man did n )[ V rk he did not eM The pe ric bega n to We rk

The SOLlth had f ur morc c k nice In Jb34 L)rd Baltim )re llt1rled ~larylLmJ He Wb a Catholic ho had been lreated badl f in Ir at L~ritain lIe wanted Catholics to have lt1 lf~ pl1Ce to live

I n 1663 j lorth and South Larolina were ettled lt15 olle c )ilIlY The laved ne c I)(1Y until the 17 Os

G~1 f6ia was the last c lony sCLllcd In 1731 lames lt glcthl rpc ( )II-~uhlshytil rp) went there He buIlt i rts This Va ll) keep lhe ~ ngli h col nics cafc fr In the Spanish The panbh livecl in l-I rId] Il b just south 1f CrCorgi1

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Cash Crops and Plantations

The S ~Llth had g cI s i1 Men had big f~1Tms ca lled rldntati ns (plan-TiY-lthuhn ) They grew ClOp_ tu get eel h They sold thes~ ere p lL1 nal Brililin Vir~inilt-1

made L1 k)l of monev sdlin~ I ~

1 b~1C-O The CIr )linas breV 111 lI1d t bacco Marylanu did lao Soulh C~1rllina lnd Gel rgi pl1I11cd 1iel By the ] 7-Os uth L1r lin grew in ligo (L shydi-goh) This pbnt is u cd La mak~ Ll Jark bluL Jve

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rt ls hltlrd rk II planl 1Ild takL Glre oi thL mrs At firslthl farm )Wl1ers had 1I1dLnLurcd serve-lnls (in-DCN- hurcd

IR-vuhnLz) These men ]nd Vomcn worked for years They did this t relY for thL cuSl of tleir trip tl) the CN Norld By the lak l600s the farm Oners h1 l sl lVcs Most of the ~laves lame from tfrka

Early Southern Governments

The H lise of l3urgc ses (HLl Rl-juhs-uh ) met in Ib 19 It W~lS Vir~inias firsl governmcnl The men -vh ) owned land [licked ilS ll1emhers vlaryland had a g vemmcnt like this t o

lillllC Oglelh rpe ruled Gel rgia for 2 yeilrs He lllJdc every Ic(isi )l Then the IJritbh king said he wa nted L c nlrol Georgia After lhi1L ll1e kinto named the leaders

Comprehension Question

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in Virginia Why was the rul go

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Colonial America The American Revolution

A fu ndamental difference of opinion had developed between British authorities and the Americans on

the re lated issues of taxing the colonists and their representation in Parliament

On the surface the Americans he ld to the view of actual representation meaning that in order to be

taxed by Parliament the Americans rightly should have actual legislators seated and voting in London

Ja mes Otis argued fo r t his form of representation in the Stamp Act Congress in 1765 but few other

delegates supported him

The Brit ish on the other hand supported the concept of virtual representation which was based on the

belief that a M ember of Parliament virtually represented every person in the empire and there was no

need for a specific representative from Virginia or M assachusetts for example Soame Jenyns a

member of Pa rlia ment displayed the contempt felt by many in that body towards the American

arguments w hen he wrote As these are usually mixed up with several patriotic and favorite words

such as liberty property Englishmen etc wh ich are apt to make strong impressions on that more

numero us part of mankind who have ears but no understanding it will not I think be improper to give

them some answers

In fact virtual representation was not unknown in America Legislators in the Virginia House of

Burgesses could live in one district while representing another one It could also be argued that

property-owning adult males in much of colonial America virtually represented non-voting women

slaves and men without property

Yet t he differentiation between actual and virtual representation was really a convenient fiction from

the American side Most colonists realized the total impracticability of sending representatives across

the Atlantic London was too far away too much time would be needed to issue instructions to colonial

represe ntat ives and any American representation would be so badly outnumbered as to make it totally

ineffectual

If taxes were necessary then the Americans wanted their own assemblies to impose them Further the

colonists wanted Parliamentary recognition of this perceived right Essentially 110 taxation without

represent ation really meant No ta xation by Parliament No representation in Parliament Let us run

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Poor Richards Almanack

poor Ricbard 17 j ) Benjamin Franklin was AN

one of the most famous people in colonial Almanack America He helped lead

Forthe Year or Cbrillduring the American Revolution By that time he was already well I 7 3 3known

Being the Firfi after LE4P YEARFranklin was born AnJ ~ filllaquo - C~lI Yean

in Boston in 1706 He By the Account or the Ellern C7W1u 7241 By the Latin Church when 0 cot rgot his start as a printer By the Computamption of WW

6912

J74l By thr RII oronoIogy 68gin Philadelphia He By the JtUli6 Habbi

published a newspaper Wherein is (ontllid 494

called The Pennsylvania The LUTlations E c1ipfes Judgment of the Weatlm- Spring Tid~ P lanet MotiON BeGazette Franklin was also an mutual Afpc8s Sun and Moons Riling and SetshyiinJ Length of Day Tirn6 or High WIN inventor and a scientist He Fabullbull Cuarts and obferuble Daysbull

amp In 1776 Benjamin Franklin Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degreeswas a politician too He was was already 70 years old nd MeMdian of Five HOWS VIIen from1involved in the life of his city but may without fcnnble Error rerveallth ad~

teent Placa eYen from N-follllilM to J1IJHe set up the first volunteer fire wwi ByRICH-~~1R-D~S-=-A~U--N-V=-E=R=-S-=P-tu~lo-m-department in the colonies He also started the ------------------~~----first public library p HI LAD E L PHIAllPrinted and fold by B FR4NKLIN at the Newmiddot

Franklin wrote and published the POOT - bull frtltLing Office neap t~ Marlcct (

Ri chaTd sAlmanack It came out each year (

from 1732 to 1757 Poor Richard was a character Poor Richards Almanack was a

that Franklin made up The almanac told Poor best seller in colonial America Richards advice on all sorts of things Some of the sayings are jokes

The almanac showed Franklins idea of basic An1erican common sense People liked it Many of the sayings are still used today Do you know any What do they mean to you



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