Of the forty-two delegates who attended most of the meetings, thirty-nine actually signed the Constitution. Edmund Randolph and George Mason of Virginia and Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts refused to sign due in part to the lack of a Bill of Rights.
Many people would have different definitions of what determined the title of Founding Father. When I did extensive research I came up with seven key Founding Fathers that were instrumental in establishing the United States and were leaders in the early years of the republic. Recently I was gratified to find to credible sources that confirm these seven. The Franklin Mint just came out with a commemorative set of coins on the Founding Fathers...the same seven. Richard B. Morris has written many fine books on the early U.S years. One of them is titled: Seven Who Shaped Our Destiny : The Founding Fathers As Revolutionaries. The seven are: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. My research shows proof that George Washington was #1and Alexander Hamilton was #2.
not to sure but there were more than 14 of them.. i think it is 55 if not more.
George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were founding fathers who later became presidents. John Quincy Adams, the son of John Adams, was sixth.
There were 55 :)
The founding fathers of the United States did not abolish slavery right away because it was something that they found useful. There were many slaves working in state houses in Pennsylvania at the time the Declaration of Independence was signed. Many families had slaves to do the cooking and cleaning in the northern states.
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They wanted the Constitution to be a "living document" that could adapt to and address issues of a changing nation.
The balance of powers refers to the separation of powers, and the idea of ambition-limiting-ambition outlined by the founding fathers in the constitution. This is one of many checks and balances, but not the only one, or the same thing...
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There were 55 men who took part in writing the constitution.
There were 55 men who took part in writing the constitution.
Samuel AdamsBenjamin FranklinThomas JeffersonGeorge WashingtonThose were the founding fathers of United States of America, and only a few of the people that signed the Constitution.
the constitution has 27 amendments since our founding fathers made the constitution
There were 74 delegates/founding fathers at the constitutional convention
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The terms "Founding Fathers" or "Founders" are often used to collectively describe the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. To refer only to the signers of the Declaration of Independence, the term "Continental Congress" is generally used. "Constitutional Convention delegates" would describe only the people who assembled to draft the Constitution.
The founding fathers of the United States did not abolish slavery right away because it was something that they found useful. There were many slaves working in state houses in Pennsylvania at the time the Declaration of Independence was signed. Many families had slaves to do the cooking and cleaning in the northern states.
The founding fathers believed in liberty for all, yet many "owned" slaves.
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I would think it is mostly the other way around, except maybe historical revisionism, which both sides are guilty of. The intent of the founding Fathers was a secular republic as the Constitution makes clear to anyone not deluded. We have no religious foundations to this country and many, if not most of the founding Fathers were deists and far from religious.