American Banknotes by Danuta Matczuk https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew E-twinning Project by JDS students en-us 2019-09-09 18:10:11 UTC 2026-02-17 07:07:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.pics/1/image.webp?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f1fa-1f1f2.png Benjamin Franklin https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/383392949
Benjamin Franklin was one of the most important Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He was born in Boston , Massachusetts, on January 17th, 1706 and he died on 17th April 1790. Ben had sixteen brothers and sisters and he was the youngest boy in his family. At the age of ten, he  was forced to leave school in order to work with his dad. Franklin spent the next several years working at various jobs in London and Philadelphia. In 1729, Franklin became the publisher of a newspaper called the Pensylvania Gazette. 
You should know that:
- he only had two years of formal education
- he became a hit writer as a teenager.

]]> 2019-09-12 16:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/383392949 Abraham Lincoln https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/383717055

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States He served as  a president from 1861 until 1865. His party was Rebublican. He was born on February 12th 1809 in Hodgeville,Hardin Country Kentucky. He was born in a one - room log cabin. His parents were very poor. His father lost everything when Abraham was young and they had to move to Perry country. He died the morning after being shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C.
Abraham was the tallest president at 6 feet and 4 inches tall. He was known as a gifted storyteller and liked to tell jokes. On the day he was shot,Lincoln told his bodyguard that he dreamt he would be assasinated. He was the first president who had a full beard. He often stored things like letters and documents in his tall stove-piped hat. And most importantly, he gave the slaves freedom.
His nickname was „Honest Abe”]]> 2019-09-13 12:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/383717055 Ulysses S.Grant https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/384064967 Ulysses Grant was the 18th President of United States. He was also the commander of Union Forces
in the Civil War and he led them to victory over Confederate Forces.
He was born on April 27th, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He died on July 23rd 1885, in Mount
McGregor, New York, because of throat cancer.
His father was a businessman. Grant was an able horseman and had amazing talent to tame horses.
When Ulysses Grant was 17 years old he got to United States Military Academy, West Point.
Grant hated wearing army uniforms.
He was supposed to be at the theatre with Lincoln n the night of his assination.
Ulysses Grant had no political experience before becoming the president.
Mark Twain published his memories.]]> 2019-09-14 07:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/384064967 ALEXANDER HAMILTON https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/384835912

Alexander Hamilton was born on a small British-Controlled Island in the Caribbean called Nevis in 1757.

At an early age, his mother died and his father left the family and he staed alone.When he was older he got a job he lernt about money mangement. Alexander went to collage we he was 16.This collage was in New York.

When he was in collage he began writing political papers.
He was the United States' first Secretary of the Treasury, and was known for the creation of the National Bank.  Hamilton was a Major general. He died at the age of 47 on 12 July 1804 in New York.

]]> 2019-09-16 17:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/384835912 Andrew Jackson https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/384870212     Was an American Soldier and Statesman who served as the 7th President of the  United States from 1829-1837. Before being elected Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of Congress.

Andrew Jackson was born on March 15th 1767 in Waxhaw  Setlement Betwen North California and South Cafifornia British America and died on June 8th 1845 in  Nashville Tennessee, U.S.
Andrew Jackson is most famous for being considered the first "common man" to become president.


]]> 2019-09-16 18:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/384870212 Washington was the first president of the USA. He was also one of the most popular Presidents of the United States, George Washington is known for leading the Continental Army in victory over the British in the American Revolution.He was born on 22nd February 1732 and he died when he was 67 years old. He was brought up as a typical eighteenth-century gentleman.He was a president from 1789 to 1797. He was the only president unanimously elected. Meaning all of the state representatives voted for him. He never served as president in Washington D.C., the capital that was named for him. In his first year the capital was in New York City, then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was six feet tall, which was very tall for the 1700s. The story of George Washington chopping down his father's cherry tree is considered fiction and likely never happened. George Washington did not have wooden teeth, but did wear dentures made from ivory. Washington gave freedom to his slaves in his will. dana_matczuk https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/392699077 2019-10-02 19:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dana_matczuk/vg9fuwfuqcew/wish/392699077