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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 ...
John W. Swilling (April 1, 1830 – August 12, 1878) was an early pioneer in the Arizona Territory.He is commonly credited as one of the original founders of the city of Phoenix, Arizona.
Despite claims that Paine changed the spelling of his family name upon his emigration to America in 1774, [1] he was using "Paine" in 1769, while still in Lewes, Sussex. [17] Old School at Thetford Grammar School, where Paine was educated. He attended Thetford Grammar School (1744–1749), at a time when there was no compulsory education. [18]
The wealthier men who paid their way received land grants known as headrights, to encourage settlement. [65] The French and Spanish established colonies in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. The Spanish colonized Florida in the 16th century, with their communities reaching a peak in the late 17th century.
Winthrop was born into a wealthy land-owning and merchant family. He trained in the law and became Lord of the Manor at Groton in Suffolk, England. He was not involved in founding the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1628, but he became involved in 1629 when anti-Puritan King Charles I began a crackdown on Nonconformist religious thought.
First city founded by Europeans, although not continuously inhabited, in Puerto Rico. Abandoned in 1521 with the removal of the capital to San Juan. 1510 Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien: Urabá: Colombia First city founded by Europeans on the continent of South America. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colon: Panama
William Pynchon (October 11, 1590 – October 29, 1662) was an English colonist and fur trader in North America best known as the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts.He was also a colonial treasurer, original patentee of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the iconoclastic author of the New World's first banned book.
James Robertson (June 28, 1742 – September 1, 1814) was an American explorer, soldier and Indian agent, and one of the founding fathers of what became the State of Tennessee. An early companion of explorer Daniel Boone , Robertson helped establish the Watauga Association in the early 1770s, and to defend Fort Watauga from an attack by ...