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George Washington. John Adams. Benjamin Franklin. These great leadersand many othersmade innumerable contributions that laid the groundwork for our nation. But who were they really? In actuality, the founding fathers were a diverse group of men and not the homogenous collection history has shaped them into. Some were puritanical but some were philanderers; some were wealthy while others were plagued with money woes. Inside youll discover the triumphs, failures, and little-known facts about our founding fathers, including: - Why George Washington never lived in the White House - What John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stole from Shakespeares birthplace - Why Alexander Hamilton never ran for president - How Thomas Paine narrowly escaped execution in France - Why Thomas Jefferson kept grizzly bears on the White House lawn Featuring fun quizzes to test your knowledge, this book uncovers both the great accomplishments and also the very human flaws of the founding fathers and brings them to life like no dry history book can!
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Meg Greene MA, MS and Paula M. Stathakis, PhD
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1. Founding Fathers of the United StatesBiography. 2. United States. ConstitutionSignersBiography. 3. United StatesHistoryRevolution, 17751783. 4. United StatesHistoryConfederation, 17831789. 5. United StatesHistoryConstitutional period, 17891809. 6. United StatesPolitics and government17751783. 7. United StatesPolitics and government17831809. 8. Constitutional historyUnited States. I. Stathakis, Paula M. II. Title.
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Appendix C: Bibliography
In 1916, at the Republican National Convention, Warren Harding, then a Republican senator from Ohio, first used the phrase Founding Fathers in his keynote address.
A number of Founding Fathers were slaveholders, including Benjamin Franklin. However, in 1784, Franklin freed his slaves. He was appointed as the head of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. The organization was one of the few public antislavery organizations in existence at that time.
Signing the Declaration of Independence was not just an act of rebellion by the Founding Fathers, it was also treason to the English Crown. If tried and found guilty, the punishment was hanging.
Not all of the Founding Fathers were college educated; in fact, George Washington did not go to college.
In one of the more interesting proposals put forth by the Founding Fathers, James Madison of Virginia proposed that congressional salaries be calculated based on the average price of wheat during a congressional members time in office.
At least twenty-nine of the Founding Fathers served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War.
Six of the Founding Fathers attending the Constitutional Convention were engaged in land speculation: William Blount, Jonathan Dayton, Thomas Fitzsimons, Nathaniel Gorham, Robert Morris, and James Wilson.
The average age at which the Founding Fathers died: sixty-seven years.
Four of the Founding Fathers attending the Constitutional Convention (Abraham Baldwin, Nicholas Gilman, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, and Alexander Martin) were lifelong bachelors.
Nearly all of the fifty-five men who gathered at the Constitutional Convention had some kind of experience in colonial politics. By the time of the 1787 convention, four-fifths or forty-one of the framers had served or were currently serving in the Continental Congress.
ELECTION YEARS COME AND go, and so do politicians. But one thing remains constant: invoking the names of the Founding Fathers when trying to score political points with voters. The practice of making comparisons to those men who helped establish the nation is not new, nor is associating the personalities and politics of the Founding Fathers with current political agendas.
In the rush to claim the Founding Fathers for a particular political issue or party, certain facts may be ignored or lost. Truth be told, commanding the legacy of the Founding Fathers is not as simple as it might appear. The Founding Fathers were not a unified, monolithic group. They were a curious mix of occupations and backgrounds: farmers, inventors, merchants, writers, politicians, judges, lawyers, scientists, doctors, and teachers. One was a college president. Three were retired. Twelve were slaveholders. Most were natives of the thirteen colonies. Nine had emigrated from a variety of countries and regions, including England, Ireland, Scotland, and the West Indies. Some were quite wealthy, others were well-to-do, and some struggled daily with financial problems.
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