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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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Where does the name Yadira come from?

Hebrew and the name "yadira" means friend it is mostly used for latin people (females) it is a perfect name for a latina it is a 4 star rated name )

What were Alexander Hamilton's views on a Bank of the United States?

Alexander Hamilton created the idea of having a National Bank for the United States in order to try to pay off much of the National debt that had occured from the Revolutionary War. He thought that it would be benefitial because it would serve as a common place for the states and Treasury to place their money. With it, they would all have the same form of currency as well.

How did World Wars 1 and 2 affect Washington?

During World War 1 the Army needed planes and The Boeing company offered to make them. The army put in a order for 90 planes which started Mr. Boeings plane buidling business. Becuase of this it caused a influx in jobs allowing more people to work.

Founder of Virginia?

The state of Viginia gets its name from Elizabeth I "Virgin Queen" as she never married.. its referred to as the Commonwealth of Virginia. As for when it became a state in america.... Some people might argue the point, but i would vote for John Smith. Michael Montagne

Which 55 delegates from all 13 original states met in Philadelphia to revise the government plan?

There were 55 delegate but only 12 states were represented with Rhode Island sitting on the sidelines until it was all over. Not every delegate made it for the opening and not every delegate waited to see the final product. Some having seen it, rejected it and refused to add their signature to the Document.

Why was the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial?

Martin Luther King Jr. wanted everyone to be equal. He gave the speech there because Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. And the speech is "I Have a Dream."

Who founded New Hampshire and in what year?

Captain John Wheelwright founded Exeter New Hampshire in 1638. David Thomson founded the fishing village at Rye in 1623 that some call Odiorne's Point which did not get that name until after about 1665. Captain John Mason held the 1629 land Grant but he never saw New Hampshire. Some credit Edward and William Hilton who settled Dover as Northam.

Who was the first settlers of Massachusetts?

Read a dang book about it and find out! Don't be so lazy to go on stupid Answers.com to find something out! C'mon people a little walk to the library and knowledge for the 21st century wont do any harm!

Were the Founding Fathers Christians who just believed the church was corrupt or did they not believe in Christianity?

No matter what quotes the revisionists find, there is overwhelming evidence that almost all of the founding fathers believed in the Judeo-Christian Diety and were members of established churches even though some made statements that were critical of organized religion. Here is a list of the religious affiliations of all the men who helped create and signed the three most important documents establishing the United States of America:

  • Signers of the Declaration of Independence
  • Charles Carroll Maryland Catholic
  • Samuel Huntington Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Roger Sherman Connecticut Congregationalist
  • William Williams Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Oliver Wolcott Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Lyman Hall Georgia Congregationalist
  • Samuel Adams Massachusetts Congregationalist
  • John Hancock Massachusetts Congregationalist
  • Josiah Bartlett New Hampshire Congregationalist
  • William Whipple New Hampshire Congregationalist
  • William Ellery Rhode Island Congregationalist
  • John Adams Massachusetts Congregationalist; Unitarian
  • Robert Treat Paine Massachusetts Congregationalist; Unitarian
  • George Walton Georgia Episcopalian
  • John Penn North Carolina Episcopalian
  • George Ross Pennsylvania Episcopalian
  • Thomas Heyward Jr. South Carolina Episcopalian
  • Thomas Lynch Jr. South Carolina Episcopalian
  • Arthur Middleton South Carolina Episcopalian
  • Edward Rutledge South Carolina Episcopalian
  • Francis Lightfoot Lee Virginia Episcopalian
  • Richard Henry Lee Virginia Episcopalian
  • George Read Delaware Episcopalian
  • Caesar Rodney Delaware Episcopalian
  • Samuel Chase Maryland Episcopalian
  • William Paca Maryland Episcopalian
  • Thomas Stone Maryland Episcopalian
  • Elbridge Gerry Massachusetts Episcopalian
  • Francis Hopkinson New Jersey Episcopalian
  • Francis Lewis New York Episcopalian
  • Lewis Morris New York Episcopalian
  • William Hooper North Carolina Episcopalian
  • Robert Morris Pennsylvania Episcopalian
  • John Morton Pennsylvania Episcopalian
  • Stephen Hopkins Rhode Island Episcopalian
  • Carter Braxton Virginia Episcopalian
  • Benjamin Harrison Virginia Episcopalian
  • Thomas Nelson Jr. Virginia Episcopalian
  • George Wythe Virginia Episcopalian
  • Thomas Jefferson Virginia Episcopalian (Deist)
  • Benjamin Franklin Pennsylvania Episcopalian (Deist)
  • Button Gwinnett Georgia Episcopalian; Congregationalist
  • James Wilson Pennsylvania Episcopalian; Presbyterian
  • Joseph Hewes North Carolina Quaker, Episcopalian
  • George Clymer Pennsylvania Quaker, Episcopalian
  • Thomas McKean Delaware Presbyterian
  • Matthew Thornton New Hampshire Presbyterian
  • Abraham Clark New Jersey Presbyterian
  • John Hart New Jersey Presbyterian
  • Richard Stockton New Jersey Presbyterian
  • John Witherspoon New Jersey Presbyterian
  • William Floyd New York Presbyterian
  • Philip Livingston New York Presbyterian
  • James Smith Pennsylvania Presbyterian
  • George Taylor Pennsylvania Presbyterian
  • Benjamin Rush Pennsylvania Presbyterian
  • Signers of the Articles of Confederation
  • Daniel Carroll Maryland Catholic
  • Andrew Adams Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Richard Hutson South Carolina Congregationalist
  • Samuel Adams Massachusetts Congregationalist
  • Josiah Bartlett New Hampshire Congregationalist
  • William Ellery Rhode Island Congregationalist
  • John Hancock Massachusetts Congregationalist
  • Samuel Huntington Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Roger Sherman Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Oliver Wolcott Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Thomas Heyward Jr. South Carolina Episcopalian
  • John Penn North Carolina Episcopalian
  • Francis Lightfoot Lee Virginia Episcopalian
  • Richard Henry Lee Virginia Episcopalian
  • Francis Lewis New York Episcopalian
  • Elbridge Gerry Massachusetts Episcopalian
  • John Banister Virginia Episcopalian
  • James Duane New York Episcopalian
  • Edward Langworthy Georgia Episcopalian
  • Gouverneur Morris New York Episcopalian
  • Nicholas Van Dyke Delaware Episcopalian
  • Robert Morris Pennsylvania Episcopalian
  • Cornelius Harnett North Carolina Episcopalian (Deist)
  • John Dickinson Delaware Quaker; Episcopalian
  • Henry Laurens South Carolina Huguenot
  • John Hanson Maryland Lutheran
  • Thomas McKean Delaware Presbyterian
  • John Witherspoon New Jersey Presbyterian
  • John Walton Georgia Presbyterian
  • Nathaniel Scudder New Jersey Presbyterian
  • William Clingan Pennsylvania Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Joseph Reed Pennsylvania Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Daniel Roberdeau Pennsylvania Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Jonathan Bayard Smith Pennsylvania Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Francis Dana Massachusetts Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Samuel Holten Massachusetts Protestant, denomination unknown
  • James Lovell Massachusetts Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Henry Marchant Rhode Island Protestant, denomination unknown
  • John Collins Rhode Island Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Thomas Adams Virginia Protestant, denomination unknown
  • John Harvie Virginia Protestant, denomination unknown
  • John Mathews South Carolina Protestant, denomination unknown
  • William Henry Drayton South Carolina Protestant, denomination unknown
  • William Duer New York Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Titus Hosmer Connecticut Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Edward Telfair Georgia Protestant, denomination unknown
  • John Wentworth Jr. New Hampshire Protestant, denomination unknown
  • John Williams North Carolina Protestant, denomination unknown
  • Names of signers of the US Constitution
  • Daniel Carroll Maryland Catholic
  • Thomas Fitzsimons Pennsylvania Catholic
  • Roger Sherman Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Nathaniel Gorham Massachusetts Congregationalist
  • John Langdon New Hampshire Congregationalist
  • Nicholas Gilman New Hampshire Congregationalist
  • Abraham Baldwin Georgia Congregationalist; Episcopalian
  • William Samuel Johnson Connecticut Episcopalian; Presbyterian
  • James Madison Jr. Virginia Episcopalian
  • George Read Delaware Episcopalian
  • Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Maryland Episcopalian
  • David Brearly New Jersey Episcopalian
  • Richard Dobbs Spaight, Sr. North Carolina Episcopalian
  • Robert Morris Pennsylvania Episcopalian
  • Gouverneur Morris Pennsylvania Episcopalian
  • John Rutledge South Carolina Episcopalian
  • Charles Cotesworth Pinckney South Carolina Episcopalian
  • Charles Pinckney South Carolina Episcopalian
  • Pierce Butler South Carolina Episcopalian
  • George Washington Virginia Episcopalian
  • Benjamin Franklin Pennsylvania Episcopalian (Deist)
  • William Blount North Carolina Episcopalian; Presbyterian
  • James Wilson Pennsylvania Episcopalian; Presbyteran
  • Rufus King Massachusetts Episcopalian; Congregationalist
  • Jacob Broom Delaware Lutheran
  • William Few Georgia Methodist
  • Richard Bassett Delaware Methodist
  • Gunning Bedford Jr. Delaware Presbyterian
  • James McHenry Maryland Presbyterian
  • William Livingston New Jersey Presbyterian
  • William Paterson New Jersey Presbyterian
  • Hugh Williamson North Carolina Presbyterian
  • Jared Ingersoll Pennsylvania Presbyterian
  • Alexander Hamilton New York Huguenot; Presbyterian; Episcopalian
  • Jonathan Dayton New Jersey Presbyterian; Episcopalian
  • John Blair Virginia Presbyterian; Episcopalian
  • John Dickinson Delaware Quaker; Episcopalian
  • George Clymer Pennsylvania Quaker; Episcopalian
  • Thomas Mifflin Pennsylvania Quaker; Lutheran
  • Name of Non-Signing Delegate State Religious Affiliation
  • Oliver Ellsworth Connecticut Congregationalist
  • Caleb Strong Massachusetts Congregationalist
  • John Lansing, Jr. New York Dutch Reformed
  • Robert Yates New York Dutch Reformed
  • William Houstoun Georgia Episcopalian
  • William Leigh Pierce Georgia Episcopalian
  • Luther Martin Maryland Episcopalian
  • John F. Mercer Maryland Episcopalian
  • Elbridge Gerry Massachusetts Episcopalian
  • George Mason Virginia Episcopalian
  • Edmund J. Randolph Virginia Episcopalian
  • George Wythe Virginia Episcopalian
  • James McClurg Virginia Presbyterian
  • William C. Houston New Jersey Presbyterian
  • William R. Davie North Carolina Presbyterian
  • Alexander Martin North Carolina Presbyterian
AnswerAccording to most reports I have read and to my Church History professor at Seminary, only ONE "founding father" was a Christian. This one person was Roger Sherman. We take "Founding Father" to mean those who helped write up and construct the important documents such as the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Most were believers in God but that doesn't constitue Christianity (despite what people want to tell you). This Christian idea of America was more of the influence of the Great Awakenings that came after the founding of America 1776 (also, America isn't considered to have really "started" when the Puritans came). AnswerA Christian pastor recently reported that 53 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were in fact "born again Christians". I hope that helps. AnswerThe following page is a collection of quotes from the Founding Fathers, in many cases from their own correspondences, which would indicate that most of them were not, in fact, Christians. They were Deists who believed in the hand of a higher power ("Divine Providence"), but DID NOT believe in the Christian God or other attempts to limit the scope of an intelligent Creator.

http://atheistalliance.org/library/Morris-founding_fathers.HTML

Although the site which hosts the page may have an agenda, the page itself and its quotes are extensively footnoted from indisputable sources.

Quotes: Thomas JeffersonMillions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined, and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one-half the world fools and the other half hypocrites. To support roguery and error all over the earth. -- Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1781-82 Quotes: Thomas PaineIt is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a cruel man. -- Thomas Paine, as quoted by Joseph Lewis in Inspiration and Wisdom from the Writings of Thomas Paine. Quotes John AdamsThe question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? -- John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, June 20, 1815 Quotes Benjamin FranklinIf we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their turns been persecutors, and complainers of persecution. The primitive Christians thought persecution extremely wrong in the pagans, but practiced it on one another. The first Protestants of the Church of England blamed persecution in the Romish Church, but practiced it upon the Puritans. These found it wrong in the bishops, but fell into the same practice themselves both here and in New England. -- Benjamin Franklin, An Essay on Toleration ANSWERQUOTES EDWARD RUTLEDGE

"I find that i can agree fully with my good friend Patrick Henry when he said it can not be emphasized too strongly or to ofter that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ"

~Edward Rutledge

How did the Founding Fathers agree not to interfere with the slave trade for at least 20 years?

Emily, Slavery was already a touchy issue, even then. Antislavery interests would have liked to cut off the slave trade but the slave interests, both the southern states which depended on slave labor and those northern shippers who carried the slaves, wanted to continue the trade. So the framers of the constitution just said that nothing would be done about it for they pushed it safely in to the future so that somebody else would have to deal with it but they would not have to. Michael Montagne

Does the US have the freedom of speech?

Yes, the 1st amendment gives us that. If we didn't all of the people at the Town Halls would have been arrested for sedition. Another answer: Yes. The United States has freedom of speech. In England, if a person feels insulted, that person can sue for damages. In the United States, in order to sue the statement must be false and uttered with malice. Thus, a person could make a false statement, but as long as no malice was intended, no lawsuit would be possible. It is possible for someone to go to a court in England and win damages against a person in the United States for something a person in the United States wrote. If anyone from England came to New York to collect the amount due from that English court, that person would end up in a New York Prison. That was one of the issues the United States fought a war with England about in 1776.

What section of the Declaration of Independence contains the ideas of John Locke?

John Locke's ideas of government deriving from the consent of the governed is at the center of the Declaration of Independence, as is the idea of the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and property.

The Founding Fathers saw much wisdom in Locke's ideas about limited government power.

The committee appointed to write the declaration?

Thomas Jefferson was a lawyer who came to write the Delaration of Independance

on May 10 it was finished and signed was wasnt shown till July 4th.

Opposed a stronger central government and chose not to attend the Constitutional Convention?

Patrick Henry (1736-1799), fearing that the federal government would recreate a centralized monarchy, did not attend the Constitutional Convention in 1787. He was an anti-federalist but promoted the Bill of Rights, and by 1798 generally supported the Federalist government under President John Adams.