Founding Fathers

2009-01-29T00:42:25Z

Glorious: /* Other Founding Fathers */ Minor Fix: Paine mistakenly overlooked since revamp.

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]].

== Signatories of the [[Declaration of Independence]] ==
{|
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*[[John Adams]]
*[[Samuel Adams]]
*[[Josiah Bartlett]]
*[[Carter Braxton]]
*[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]]
*[[Samuel Chase]]
*[[Abraham Clark]]
*[[George Clymer]]
*[[William Ellery]]
*[[William Floyd]]
*[[Benjamin Franklin]]
*[[Elbridge Gerry]]
*[[Button Gwinnett]]
*[[Lyman Hall]]
*[[John Hancock]]
*[[Benjamin Harrison V|Benjamin Harrison]]
*[[John Hart]]
*[[Joseph Hewes]]
*[[Thomas Heyward, Jr.]]
| valign="top" |
*[[William Hooper]]
*[[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]]
*[[Francis Hopkinson]]
*[[Samuel Huntington (statesman)|Samuel Huntington]]
*[[Thomas Jefferson]]
*[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]
*[[Richard Henry Lee]]
*[[Francis Lewis]]
*[[Philip Livingston]]
*[[Thomas Lynch, Jr.]]
*[[Thomas McKean]]
*[[Arthur Middleton]]
*[[Lewis Morris]]
*[[Robert Morris (merchant)|Robert Morris]]
*[[John Morton (Pennsylvania)|John Morton]]
*[[Thomas Nelson, Jr.]]
*[[William Paca]]
*[[John Penn (delegate)|John Penn]]
| valign="top" |
*[[Robert Treat Paine]]
*[[George Read (signer)|George Read]]
*[[Caesar Rodney]]
*[[George Ross (delegate)|George Ross]]
*[[Benjamin Rush]]
*[[Edward Rutledge]]
*[[Roger Sherman]]
*[[James Smith (political figure)|James Smith]]
*[[Richard Stockton (1730-1781)|Richard Stockton]]
*[[Thomas Stone]]
*[[George Taylor (delegate)|George Taylor]]
*[[Matthew Thornton]]
*[[George Walton]]
*[[William Whipple]]
*[[William Williams (signer)|William Williams]]
*[[James Wilson]]
*[[John Witherspoon]]
*[[Oliver Wolcott]]
*[[George Wythe]]
|}

== Signatories of the [[Articles of Confederation]] ==
{|
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*[[Andrew Adams]]
*[[Samuel Adams]]
*[[Thomas Adams]]
*[[John Banister]]
*[[Josiah Bartlett]]
*[[Daniel Carroll]]
*[[William Clingan]]
*[[John Collins]]
*[[Francis Dana]]
*[[John Dickinson]]
*[[William Henry Drayton]]
*[[James Duane]]
*[[William Duer]]
*[[William Ellery]]
*[[Elbridge Gerry]]
*[[John Hancock]]
*[[John Hanson]]
*[[Cornelius Harnett]]
*[[John Harvie]]
*[[Thomas Heyward Jr.]]
*[[Samuel Holten]]
*[[Titus Hosmer]]
*[[Samuel Huntington]]
*[[Richard Hutson]]
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*[[Edward Langworthy]]
*[[Henry Laurens]]
*[[Francis Lightfoot Lee]]
*[[Richard Henry Lee]]
*[[Francis Lewis]]
*[[James Lovell]]
*[[Henry Marchant]]
*[[John Mathews]]
*[[Thomas McKean]]
*[[Gouverneur Morris]]
*[[Robert Morris]]
*[[John Penn]]
*[[Joseph Reed]]
*[[Daniel Roberdeau]]
*[[Nathaniel Scudder]]
*[[Roger Sherman]]
*[[Jonathan Bayard Smith]]
*[[Edward Telfair]]
*[[Nicholas Van Dyke]]
*[[John Walton]]
*[[John Wentworth Jr.]]
*[[John Williams]]
*[[John Witherspoon]]
*[[Oliver Wolcott]]
|}

== Signatories of the [[United States Constitution]] ==
{|
| valign="top" |
*[[Abraham Baldwin]]
*[[Richard Bassett]]
*[[Gunning Bedford, Jr.]]
*[[John Blair]]
*[[William Blount]]
*[[David Brearly]]
*[[Jacob Broom]]
*[[Pierce Butler]]
*[[Daniel Carroll]]
*[[George Clymer]]
*[[Jonathan Dayton]]
*[[John Dickinson (congressman)|John Dickinson]]
*[[William Few]]
*[[Thomas Fitzsimons]]
*[[Benjamin Franklin]]
*[[Nicholas Gilman]]
*[[Nathaniel Gorham]]
*[[Alexander Hamilton]]
*[[Jared Ingersoll]]
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*[[Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer]]
*[[William Samuel Johnson]]
*[[Rufus King]]
*[[John Langdon]]
*[[William Livingston]]
*[[James Madison]]
*[[James McHenry]]
*[[Thomas Mifflin]]
*[[Gouverneur Morris]]
*[[Robert Morris (merchant)|Robert Morris]]
*[[William Paterson (jurist)|William Paterson]]
*[[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]
*[[Governor Charles Pinckney|Charles Pinckney]]
*[[George Read (signer)|George Read]]
*[[John Rutledge]]
*[[Roger Sherman]]
*[[Richard Dobbs Spaight]]
*[[George Washington]] (president of the Convention)
*[[Hugh Williamson]]
*[[James Wilson]]
*[[William Jackson (secretary)|William Jackson]] (Secretary)
|}

== Other Founding Fathers ==
{|
| valign="top" |
*[[Oliver Ellsworth]]
*[[Patrick Henry]]
*[[John Jay]]
*[[George Mason]]
*[[Thomas Paine]]
*[[Charles C. Pinckney]]
|}

== References ==

* [http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters.html The Constitution from the National Archives]
* [http://www.foundingfathers.info/documents/constitution.html The Constitution of the United States of America]

== See also ==

*[[Gallery of American Heroes]]

== External Links ==

* [http://www.archives.gov/ The National Archives]
* [http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/ The National Archives - Historical Documents]
* [http://patriotpost.us/histdocs/ The Patriot Post - Historical Documents]

=== Founding Fathers Quotes ===

* [http://www.marksquotes.com/Founding-Fathers/ Mark's Quotes: Founding Fathers Quotes]
* [http://www.dojgov.net/Liberty_Watch.htm USDOJ & Government Watch: Spirit of America Liberty Quotes]
* [http://www.eadshome.com/QuotesoftheFounders.htm Eads Home Ministries: Founding Fathers Quotes]

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Thomas Paine

2009-01-29T00:27:52Z

Glorious: Added to 'Founding Fathers' category

[[image:Thomaspaine.jpeg|200px|thumb|Engraving of Thomas Paine]]
'''Thomas Paine''' was a writer born on January 29, 1737 in Thetford, [[England]], whose works helped to spark the American [[Declaration of Independence]] in 1776. He supported the Revolution, although he believed it did not go far enough. He briefly lived in the rebelling colonies before returning to Europe in time to take part in the [[French Revolution]].

His works include:
* ''[[Common Sense]]'' - published in 1776, which challenged [[England|British]] authority over the colonies and spoke to the common people<ref>http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/index.htm</ref>
* ''[[The Crisis]]'' - a series of articles published 1776-77 during the American Revolution<ref>http://www.ushistory.org/paine/crisis/index.htm</ref>
* ''[[The Rights of Man]]'' - published in 1792 in support of the French Revolution<ref>http://www.ushistory.org/paine/rights/index.htm</ref>
* ''[[The Age of Reason]]'' - published in three parts (1794, 1795 and 1807), an anti-religious text<ref>http://www.ushistory.org/paine/reason/index.htm</ref>
==Bibliography==
* Foner, Eric. ''Tom Paine and Revolutionary America'' (1976). ISBN 978-0195174854
* Kaye, Harvey J. ''Thomas Paine and the Promise of America'' (2005). [http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Paine-Promise-America-Harvey/dp/0809093448/ref=pd_bbs_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230158959&sr=8-5 excerpt and text search]
* Philp, Mark. "Paine, Thomas (1737–1809)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,''online edn, May 2007
* Wood, Gordon S. ''Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different'' (2006). ISBN 978-0143112082 by a leading conservative historian [http://www.amazon.com/Revolutionary-Characters-What-Founders-Different/dp/0143112082/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230159021&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

===Primary sources===
* Paine, Thomas. ''Common Sense'' (1776; 1817 edition) 56 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=wVt7VxvFyegC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:thomas+inauthor:paine&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES complete text online]
* Paine, Thomas. ''The American Crisis'' (1777; 1819 edition) 196 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=OQ8j54UCyjAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:thomas+inauthor:paine&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&as_pt=ALLTYPES complete text online]
* Paine, Thomas. ''Rights of Man, Common Sense and Other Political Writings'' ed. by Mark Philp - (1995), 510pp [http://www.questia.com/read/35524799?title=Rights%20of%20Man%2c%20Common%20Sense%2c%20and%20Other%20Political%20Writings online edition]

==References==
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