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Revision as of 04:23, August 3, 2009
The Founding Fathers are the leaders who founded the United States, especially the 40 dignitaries who signed the U.S. Constitution at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Historians consider the most important founders to include John Adams, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Each has been studied in depth. Historians speak of Franklin's wide-ranging genius, Washington's charismatic leadership, Jefferson's paradoxical egalitarianism, Madison's brilliant constitutionalism Hamilton's ambitious state-building, and Adams's quirkiness.
Contents
Signatories of the Declaration of Independence
Signatories of the Articles of Confederation
Signatories of the United States Constitution
Other Founding Fathers
References
See also
External Links
- The National Archives
- The National Archives - Historical Documents
- The Patriot Post - Historical Documents