{"id":824953,"date":"2021-09-28T18:14:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T22:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=824953"},"modified":"2021-09-28T18:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T22:14:16","slug":"watch-making-america-benjamin-franklin-and-the-self-made-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-making-america-benjamin-franklin-and-the-self-made-man\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Making America: Benjamin Franklin And The Self-Made Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-making-america-benjamin-franklin-and-the-self-made-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=824953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-28-at-4.58.06-PM.png?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>In the newest \u201cMaking America\u201d video for PragerU, speaker and author Dinesh D\u2019Souza discusses how the inventor, diplomat, and patriot Benjamin Franklin embodies the self-made man spirit that made the United States into a great nation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFranklin\u2019s life, no less than his ideas, conveys the indomitable spirit of both invention and, just as important, <\/span><span>self<\/span><span>-invention, that define Americans and make them almost instantly distinguishable, even today, by people around the world,\u201d D\u2019Souza explains.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Franklin, the youngest of 17 children, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and would grow up to become one of the nation\u2019s foremost inventors, printers, and statesmen.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Although he had little formal education, Franklin was brilliant and came up with many innovations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe conducted early experiments in electricity, devised bifocal glasses, designed a new type of stove, organized lending libraries, formed Philadelphia\u2019s first fire department, and founded the college that became the University of Pennsylvania,\u201d says D\u2019Souza.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On top of this, Franklin produced \u201cPoor Richard\u2019s Almanac,\u201d one of the most popular pamphlets ever produced in America at the time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>When conflict came between the colonies and England, Franklin hoped that war could be avoided.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe desperately tried to keep America out of a war with Britain, offering the British government every kind of compromise to avoid the conflict,\u201d D\u2019Souza says, \u201cBut when his efforts were rejected and he realized separation from the mother country was inevitable, he threw his heart and soul into the revolutionary cause, the struggle for independence.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During the War for Independence, Franklin was key to getting France to join the conflict as an ally to the fledgling American nation. Without the aid of France, many historians do not believe that the Americans would have been successful in gaining independence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After the successful conclusion of the war, Franklin played a pivotal role in keeping the various state delegates together during the drafting of the Constitution.&nbsp;<\/span><span>Franklin, truly one of America\u2019s most unique polymaths, always put his mind and efforts to the task at hand, whether it be negotiating with the French, conducting scientific experiments, or trying to cultivate personal virtue.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>D\u2019Souza argues that the life and character of Franklin was representative of many who would come to America and make a name for themselves through hard work and innovation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn America, class didn\u2019t matter. Country of origin didn\u2019t matter. Level of education didn\u2019t matter. All that mattered was talent, hard work, and luck,\u201d D\u2019Souza says, \u201cIn America, you could make of yourself what you will, and you still can. Just as Benjamin Franklin did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>WATCH:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Benjamin Franklin and the Self-Made Man: Making America | 5 Minute Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLWS4ALFMcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the newest \u201cMaking America\u201d video for PragerU, speaker and author Dinesh D\u2019Souza discusses how the inventor, diplomat, and patriot Benjamin Franklin embodies the self-made man spirit that made the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-824953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}