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Paine was born in Thetford, Norfolk, and immigrated to the British American colonies in 1774 with the help of Benjamin Franklin, arriving just in time to participate in the American Revolution. Virtually every American Patriot read his 47-page pamphlet Common Sense, [6] [7] which catalyzed the call for independence from Great Britain. The ...
The Founding Fathers of the United States, often simply referred to as the Founding Fathers or the Founders, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for ...
This includes all Founders that can also be found in the subcategories. The main article for this page is Founding Fathers of the United States , a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States, and crafted a framework ...
Dr. Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was an American revolutionary, a Founding Father of the United States and signatory to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, educator, and the founder of Dickinson College.
The American Revolution (1765–1783) was an ideological and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated the ultimately successful war for independence (the American Revolutionary War) against the Kingdom of Great Britain.
In the county’s 250th anniversary in 1999, the American Revolution was the centerpiece of this anniversary mural, part of the Murals of York series. Articles back in York
Samuel Adams is a controversial figure in American history. Disagreement about his significance and reputation began before his death and continues to the present. [288] [289] Adams's contemporaries, both friends and foes, regarded him as one of the foremost leaders of the American Revolution.
Portrait of Laurens by John Singleton Copley (U.S. National Portrait Gallery NPG.65.45). Henry Laurens (March 6, 1724 [O.S. February 24, 1723] – December 8, 1792) was an American Founding Father, [1] [2] [3] merchant, slave trader, and rice planter from South Carolina who became a political leader during the Revolutionary War.