A "founding father" is someone who does something first or is an originator of a movement or organization or an institution. The Founding Fathers in United States history usually refer to the men who attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, May, 1787, and helped write the Constitution of the United States. MrV
It refers to a group of men who founded/fathered a new country (or more broadly - any organization). It seems to most commonly be used to refer to the group of men who helped the USA gain independence from Britain and founded the USA.
To seek freedom from harsh rulers in Europe. Especially when it comes to religion. The founding fathers made sure that when they founded this country, they gave people the right to freedom of religion.
James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights. He authored twelve amendments, however, only ten were agreed upon. The term for the delegates involved with creating the US Constitution are normally called the Framers, however, many of them were also involved in the war for independence, so with that in mind, the two sets of people can be called founding fathers as well as framers.
"Founders" is the general term for the people who signed the Declaration of Independence.
Jenna, Sometimes the term Founders is used to refer to the framers, those who actually attended the constitutional convention. Founders can also be broader term though referring to all of the leaders of the revolution and those who attended the state conventions which ratified the constitution and the first congress which wrote the Bill of Rights. In its brodest sense it can mean every citizan of the United States who supported independence from Britain or stayed in the country after the Revolutionary War. Michael Montagne The Founding Fathers and the Framers are men who contributed in different ways to make our country work in a pleasing manner. The Founding Fathers are those men such as Thomas Jefferson and John Adams who made significant contributions to the Constitution. These men worked to develop independence for our country. The Framers on the other hand were considered more as the men who helped construct or craft the Constitution. Regardless of their titles, these men achieved a lot and have a huge impact on how our country operates today.
Yes. He was the 23rd US President, elected in 1888 and serving one term, from 1889 to 1893.
All of it. The definition of the term "Founding Fathers" is those men who helped write those two documents. Michael Montagne
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Those men are collectively called "The Founding Fathers".
To seek freedom from harsh rulers in Europe. Especially when it comes to religion. The founding fathers made sure that when they founded this country, they gave people the right to freedom of religion.
Have you ever heard of the term" founding fathers "you may have wondered just who these men were and what they did to earn this tittle. Not everyone agrees on who should be given this tittle. But generally speaking, are founding fathers were the statesmen who worked to secure our independence from Great Britain in seventeen seventy six. Our founding fathers founded our nation and designed our democratic form of government that still exists today; over two hundred years later the founding father wrote two very important documents from are history. The first was the declaration of independence and the constitution of the United States of America
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the Declaration of Independence (who signed the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776) and the Framers of the Constitution (who were delegates to the Constitutional Convention
James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights. He authored twelve amendments, however, only ten were agreed upon. The term for the delegates involved with creating the US Constitution are normally called the Framers, however, many of them were also involved in the war for independence, so with that in mind, the two sets of people can be called founding fathers as well as framers.
You can't really because it is kind of a nebulous term. Certainly if you took all of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution you would have a pretty good start. Michael Montagne
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.
"Founders" is the general term for the people who signed the Declaration of Independence.
They're often referred to as the "Framers of the Constitution." The Framers also happened to be the Founding Fathers of the United States.