Founding Fathers
The core group of individuals who created the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and fought the American Revolution is known as the Founding Fathers. They are credited with the establishment of the United States as it is today.
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Well, back then, you wouldn't be executed for your thoughts, even today. Some people supported it, called the Federalists,...
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The founding fathers defined freedom of expressions as white people can say anything they want but people of other skin color...
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Because we believed the people needed liberty from Britain, the were unfairly taxing the colonists, and were taking away their...
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James Wilson was arguably the most educated of the founding fathers. His formal education included St. Andrews University in...
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There were lots of people who can be called founding fathers. The best thing for you to do is look up the individual names in an...
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The Founding Fathers helped out around the time of Boston Massacre in March of 1770 Holy christ. Are you serious!?! The...
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Article [V.] No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or...
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Thomas Jefferson and George Mason were two of the most prominent.
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The Founding Fathers said a very great deal about individual rights.
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Well, there were only fifty some delegates to the convention and the total population of the country was around three million, so...
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Being a human Is always amazing
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He didn't care what party a candidate was on, he would simply decide on what his decicion would be on the man's character and how...
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They didn't look at a specific country that existed then, remember they were fed up with the status quo which at that point was...
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Thomas Jefferson, for one.
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I believe the Founders of this great nation said it best - "Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor."
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Pierce Butler
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The First Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791.
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I am not sure classical republicanism is the best phrase to use to describe the Founders' views on government. The Founders' had...
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Benjamin Franklin
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One of the most important defenses of the Constitution appeared in a series of essays that became known as the Federalists...
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Thomas Hooker founded Connecticut because he and the Puritans where unhappy with the government in Massachusetts, or how the...
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The Founders were very suspicious and cynical, even contemptuous of, government. They understood that, over time, liberty would...
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The Federalists were those people who supported the new Constitution of the United States. They believed in a strong national...
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The reason Jeeves left was because the rating on ask.com was going down and the artist who designed jeeves was asked to leave...
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A constitution was added in the hope that Texas would be made a separate state in Mexico.Hope this helped, find me at...
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the bill of rights
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they urged people to reject ratification of the consitution
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2 different political parties with opposite political views like the democrats and republicans of today
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None, that was Winston Churchill. The full quote is, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the...
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One thing was that the country in order to survive needed a firm foundation of some sort of united government. Thus, setting up...
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Excellent question. My compliments to your teacher! The Framers sought to do just that - create a central government that...
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The common interest of the anti-federalists and federalists was that they both wanted America to be controlled by the people....
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Two common features of the Founding Fathers were that they were white, and they were land owners. Among generalities, they were...
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i have no idea, i am trying to figure it out too!:(
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There were several reasons, but primarily it was that The Articles of Confederation were ineffective and provided for no real...
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No. Michael Montagne
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Benjamin Franklin took a daily "air bath."
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Several of the founders shared a common concern about the guarantee of civil rights. To understand this concern one need only...
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Pure Democracy is rule by many persons. It comes down to us from the Greek city states. The Greeks developed that form of...
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The core idea comes from John Locke that men have natural rights given by God and that they form governments to protect these...
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It provided basic rights and there was an expectation of one in the country
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A proposed amendment must be passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, then ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths...
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Prevention of anarchyProtection from Forign Enemies
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i would not know i do not have one
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To direct taxes on the states to support government operations
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makes president more unbelievable
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A bill of rights
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he was infected with tuberculosis a very strong infection in his time
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Actually there were no parties until Jefferson left Washington's administration to actively undermine Hamilton's economic...
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Their influences rose up and down over time. For instance, in the 1770s the most important men were Thomas Jefferson and John...
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Schools were very rare in those days. Most of the founding fathers were tutored at home by their parents or hired tutors. Others...
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Thomas Jefferson
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Because they risked their lives to save us and give us liberty and freedom.
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You've got that backwards. The states did not base their constitutions on the federal one. they had all developed new...
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It took just under 4 months. The Constitutional Convention convened on May 25, 1787 and adopted the propopsed Constitution as the...
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Hamilton advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and by doing so strengthened the U.S. economy as the first...
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The Constitutional Convention formally opened on 25 May 1787. 39 of the 55 delegates to the Convention signed the finished copy...
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The Founding Fathers chose a Democratic Government because they wanted the peoples opinion to matter. They also may have been...
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Answerwhen the citizens came over from England they didn't like their religion so the framers wanted their people to have the...
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The Federalists were the name given the people who favored ratification of the United States Constitution. The Constitution...
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Benjamin Franklin
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Difficult question to answer. The Chinese and Vikings were here first, followed by Columbus, but that's considered discovering...
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They should have abolished slavery and given all Americans, men, women, former slaves the right to vote. They should never have...
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Benjamin Franklin - 5c Brown - Scott #1 George Washington - 10c Black - Scott #2
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John Hancock was born on January 23, 1737.
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The Mayflower Compact (1620) was the first case of colonial self-government in America. The Mayflower Compact was the first...
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David Brearley (often misspelled Brearly) (June 11, 1745-August 16, 1790) was a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention...
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Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Herbert Spencer
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The US Constitution was created at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1787.
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Yes. Countless political leaders throughout US history have used the symbolism of the biblical prophet Moses. The "Story of...
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Despite the weaknesses of the Articles, the Confederation government accomplished some important tasks. Perhaps its greatest...
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Patrick Henry
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Yes Federalists supported a large government while Anti-Federalists favored a smaller more local government The debate between...
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Rhode Island did not send delegates to Philadelphia for the convention.
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In order to give the executive branch what they called energy. One man would be able to make decisions and act on them, and rally...
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That is where all of the colonies met.
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The Constitution was a conservative document because it established the electoral college instead electing the U.S. President by...
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From the begining of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence..."We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all...
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Freedom of Speech is found in the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States: Congress shall make no law...
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George Washington Virginia George Read Delaware Gunning Bedford, Jr. Delaware John Dickinson Delaware Richard Bassett...
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John Adams
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Ben Franklin had 12 siblings, not including him. His five older brothers: Samuel, Josiah Jr., John, Peter, and James. His two...
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Of all the Federalist Papers written by John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton, perhaps the most famous and the one most...
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The decision that gave voters representation in the House, and preserved state power in the Senate.
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The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to guarantee the individual rights of citizens under the Constitution. These are listed in...
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All three authors of the Federalist Papers (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay) signed their essays "Publius" for...
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The people wanted the state governments to be stronger than the national governments because they had just escaped the rule of...
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13 colonies/states have to sign/ratify the Constitution.
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