how many were there? can you name a few? What did they do?
2007-10-22 12:19:37 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Founding Fathers were a group of well-educated men who led America in the early stages of her history.These men risked there lives for our freedom. We need to protect our civil liberties. This began with achieving independence of the thirteen colonies from England, and continued on with the formation of a government for the new nation once the Revolutionary War had been won.
If one considers any of the people who participated in the forming of this Republic or of evicting the King to be "Founding Fathers," then naturally the Framers of the Constitution are a subset of the Founders, since they gave us the format and structure for the Republic. Of course, the number who might be deemed Founding Fathers would be larger than the list of Framers, a case in point being Thomas Jefferson, who was not present at the writing of the Constitution, but he was surely a Founding Father.
As for specific people, the Founding generation included: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Thomas Paine, Roger Sherman, John Jay, James Wilson, and Governeur Morris. It would be impossible to construct a list which would be accepted by all historians.
2007-10-22 12:26:34 · answer #1 · answered by Matt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The founding fathers were the men who lead the colonies to independence from Great Britain. Afterwards they built our nation and put us on a track to become one of the greatest nations in the world. There was a great number of them.
Some prominent founding fathers were: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, etc. With accomplishments like the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
2007-10-22 12:28:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams
2007-10-22 12:26:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there isnt really a number, it depends on different views
founding fathers were the people involved in forming of united states of america
peopel such as george washington, ben franklin, or paul revere
basically everyone in continental congresses (1st and second) are considered founding fathers, because it was they who wrote declaration of independance
other founding fathers can be like the people who got rid of articles of confederation, and rewrote them as the constitution
military leaders and other such heroes from early days of america are all considered founding fathers, those who took part in founding of america
this is america im talking about, as a country, not the colonies of britain
founding fathers are those who helped break away from britain
2007-10-22 12:26:01 · answer #4 · answered by 105846 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How were the men chosen to be a Founding Father? It is said that Australia was founded by criminals and prostitutes. Who founded America?
2014-10-06 06:52:29 · answer #5 · answered by AmysPussy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Signatories of the Declaration of Independence were:
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Josiah Bartlett
Carter Braxton
Charles Carroll
Samuel Chase
Abraham Clark
George Clymer
William Ellery
William Floyd
Benjamin Franklin
Elbridge Gerry
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
John Hancock
Benjamin Harrison
John Hart
Joseph Hewes
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
William Hooper
Stephen Hopkins
Francis Hopkinson
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
John Morton
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
William Paca
John Penn
Robert Treat Paine
George Read
Caesar Rodney
George Ross
Benjamin Rush
Edward Rutledge
Roger Sherman
James Smith
Richard Stockton
Thomas Stone
George Taylor
Matthew Thornton
George Walton
William Whipple
William Williams
James Wilson
John Witherspoon
Oliver Wolcott
George Wythe
Delegates who signed The Constitutional Convention were:
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
William Few
Thomas Fitzsimons
Benjamin Franklin
Nicholas Gilman
Nathaniel Gorham
Alexander Hamilton
Jared Ingersoll
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
William Samuel Johnson
Rufus King
John Langdon
William Livingston
James Madison
James McHenry
Thomas Mifflin
Gouverneur Morris
Robert Morris
William Paterson
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
George Read
John Rutledge
Roger Sherman
Richard Dobbs Spaight
George Washington (president of the Convention)
Hugh Williamson
James Wilson
William Jackson (Secretary)
13 Delegates who had left the Convention earlier and did not sign:
William Richardson Davie
Oliver Ellsworth
William Houston
William Houstoun
John Lansing, Jr.
Alexander Martin
Luther Martin
James McClurg
John Francis Mercer
William Pierce
Caleb Strong
George Wythe
Robert Yates
3 Delegates who refused to sign
Elbridge Gerry
George Mason
Edmund Randolph
2007-10-22 12:35:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think of the first continental congress, or the signers of the constitution, or even the guys that wrote the declaration of independence. Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams, etc. they fought for our county's independence.
2007-10-22 12:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by Eric 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the real founding fathers may never be known. as to those others who are referred to as the founding fathers aka george washington and co. were just immigrants who took a land that did not belong to them from native indians. the real founding fathers were native american indians to be honest with you.
2016-05-24 12:57:09 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋