Based on your readings (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/148/148-h/148-h.htm), would you or would you not consider Franklin a spiritual descendant of the Puritans?

Explain your answer in detail and use specific examples from the text. Remember: to cite and reference any sources that you may use, including the primary text itself.

1. no I–no first person ever in this format, as the goal is to be objective–without emotion, and when we use I, it is, by definition, personal, right?! So, for this week, no deduction for anyone using first person–I–in the essay, but moving forward, penalties apply.

2. start broad, and assume the reader knows nothing about what you are writing. Build a context of the time period and/or the writing/author in the open–then narrow to the thesis that reflects what the main ideas will cover in the body paragraphs.