I believe they called him blind because he was. (he really couldn't see)
The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad greatly affected companies that made products in that it made it far easier for them to transport their goods over long distances to markets, which greatly increased profits and output.
On May 31, 1961, Meredith, with backing of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, alleging that the university had rejected him only because of his race, as he had a highly successful record of military service and academic courses.
It is important to note that this government is not based on the will of the people
In 1776 he was part of the five member committee that helped draft the declaration of independence in which the 13 american colonies declared their freedom from british rules. That same year congress sent franklin to france to enlist that nations help with the revolutionary war