What did our founding fathers do for a living?

Answer 1

The Founding Fathers helped out around the time of Boston Massacre in March of 1770

Holy christ. Are you serious!?! The Founding Fathers "helped out" around the time of the Boston Massacre!?!?! This has to be the most useless website in the history of the internet if answers such as this are allowed to be posted. My high school Social Studies teacher would have thrown his eraser at me if that was the answer I gave him. Just go to the real Wikipeadia and look up "Founding Fathers".

Answer 2

Plantation owners and farmers, doctors, lawyers, and businessmen-all included in the variety of Founding Father occupations. Below are a sampling of the occupations from our best known Founding Fathers. At the time of the Constitutional Convention, six individuals were major land speculators, including Robert Morris and Wilson. In addition to these land speculators, twelve Founding Fathers such as Mason and Washington owned or managed slave-operated plantations or large farms. Madison also owned slaves. Franklin, Robert Morris, and Sherman had jobs working with securities.

Thirteen people were businessmen, merchants, or shippers, including Robert Morris, Sherman, and Wilson. Two of the less known Fathers, Broom and Few, were small farmers. Supplementing his other employment, Franklin was known as a scientist. Although not as well know, McClurg, McHenry, and Williamson were physicians, and Johnson was a university president.

Madison studied theology and thirty-five Founding Fathers had legal training as lawyers.

Most of the Founding Fathers were employed in more than one type of occupation. Just as the occupations differed, so did the economic status of these men.

Most of the Founding Fathers incomes ranged from good to excellent.

Washington and Robert Morris ranked among the nation's most prosperous men. Although all of the Founding Fathers managed to live comfortably, among those with the most difficult economic statuses were Madison and Sherman. Madison received a major part of his income from public office. Riches came to Gouverneur Morris, Randolph, and Washington by being born into leading families. Others like Franklin, Hamilton, and Sherman were self-made men who had risen from humble beginnings.

Answer 3

Wrote the constitution; they gave Congress two separate houses (the Senate and House of Representatives), made the executive branch (President, the Cabinet), made the Supreme Court (and all the courts under it), and insured our most basic liberties in the Bill of Rights (and 13 of the 55 people helped write the Declaration of Independence). :)