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'''Debate:  Were state constitutions right or misguided in concentrating nearly all power in the legislatures?'''
 
'''Debate:  Were state constitutions right or misguided in concentrating nearly all power in the legislatures?'''
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==The "Founding Fathers"==
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"Founding Father" is a term in the dictionary, first coined by historians in 1886, which refers to the men who were most important in the founding of the United States.  The term "Framers" is more common today to refer specifically to those who participated in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which drafted the U.S. Constitution.
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The Founding Fathers, roughly by rank of importance, include:
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#George Washington
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#Benjamin Franklin
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#Thomas Jefferson
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#Alexander Hamilton
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#James Madison
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#Samuel Adams
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#Thomas Paine
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#Gouverneur Morris
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#John Adams
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#Patrick Henry
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#John Jay
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#George Mason
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#Benjamin Rush
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#John Witherspoon
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#Roger Sherman
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#John Hancock
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#James Monroe
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Any exam on American History which includes the founding of our country will have multiple questions relating to people on the above list.  Knowing what they did is essential to understanding the half-century from 1760-1810 during which the United States was formed.
    
==The Articles of Confederation==
 
==The Articles of Confederation==
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