Out of our first five presidents, George Washington deserves the title of “America’s Greatest Founding Father” because of his contributions to the United States and possessing of personal qualities that we would expect from our leaders. George Washington was our first president and led good examples for what a true leader should have. Other presidents who were elected into officer throughout the years after his terms, took the example he set & saw him as a role model for how a president should act
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With his own musical, Alexander Hamilton is one of the best of our nation’s founding fathers that helped find America. He creating America alongside George Washington, Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson and many other founding fathers of America. He is an effective founding father of America because he created the first National Bank, helped in the Revolutionary War, and helped the Constitution after the Revolutionary War. Known as the father of the National Banking System, Alexander Hamilton helped with
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Diplomat Benjamin Franklin was a member of the Founding Fathers of America based on his work with the Declaration of Independence, alliances with France and most importantly what he added to the US Constitution. He is “Known to be the only Founding Father that is a signatory of the US.” Franklin was assigned a position of justifying America’s political separation from Britain by the Continental Congress. He was accompanied in signing the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams
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Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father “Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father” Written by Steven W. The author who named Steven W. Hackel did an excellent job in pulling together primary sources. This book talks about Junipero Serra is an ambitious Franciscan and colonialist who plays an important role in making great contributions in California’s history. He expected to convert California Indians to Catholicism and let them become European-style farmers. In his long-term efforts, he
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Founding Brothers written by Joseph J. Ellis is a historical study on the upcoming of the United States. Ellis discuses the theme of brothership and independence using people such as George Washington, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and primarily John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Ellis deeply analyzes six point in history to show these themes and to show how they molded the morals and structure of America. The first event described by Joseph J. Ellis in his book Founding Brother is a duel that
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A Comparison of the Founding Documents for the United States of America Liberty University A Comparison of the Founding Documents for the United States of America This document will provide a brief comparison and synopsis of some of the most important writings of our time: The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson’s letter to the Danbury Baptists, and the U.S. Constitution. Also, this will be an analysis of what I believe the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution
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economic system that emerged in Europe during the 900s as a result of the breaking down of the Carolingian Empire; taking this into account, it can perhaps be said that the actions of three of Charlemagne’s own grandsons indirectly make them the founding fathers of the system; the downfall of the Carolingian empire, after all, could only rest in the hands of the people responsible for weakening it by threefold. Though ironically dramatic in nature, Charlemagne's grandsons’ feud over power must have
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In Ron Chernow’s, Alexander Hamilton, Chernow tries to paint an image of what he calls “America’s most controversial Founding Father” (Chernow, 16). His work provides the reader with a broad view of early American political climate and culture, while emphasizing Hamilton’s accomplishments and relations with other Founding Fathers. The general picture of Hamilton that comes to mind in the thoughts of historian’s is an image of a brilliant man who was overbearing and involved in political scandals
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph Ellis focuses on the conflicting interpretations of the American Revolution in the eyes of our Founding Fathers. Ellis scrutinizes how relationships between Founding Fathers were changed by the unsettled time period. He splits the book into seven sections in which each part uses perception and foresight to understand them. He introduces our forefathers as men who have the best in mind for our country. Ellis begins revealing the story one
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Honors US History 1: According to Ellis’s preface, explain what is so phenomenal about the founding of the United States? Ellis’s found the founding of United States so phenomenal because it was very unlikely that the task would have a successful outcome. Ellis stated “ All the major accomplishments we unprecedented. Though there have been many successful colonial rebellions against imperial domination since the American Revolution, none had occurred before.” ( Page 6) This was amazing because
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