Founding Fathers
QUICK FACTS
Founding father:
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
John Marshall
Abigail Adams
Samuel Adams
Dolley Madison
Accomplishments:
Founding Fathers, the most prominent statesmen of America’s Revolutionary generation, responsible for the successful war for colonial independence from Great Britain, the liberal ideas celebrated in the Declaration of Independence, and the republican form of government defined in the United States Constitution. While there are no agreed-upon criteria for inclusion, membership in this select group customarily requires conspicuous contributions at one or both of the foundings of the United States: during the American Revolution, when independence was won, or during the Constitutional Convention, when nationhood was achieved.
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The late-seventeenth-century rebellion in Maryland was led by Protestants.
