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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 ...
Paine has a claim to the title The Father of the American Revolution, [35] [36] which rests on his pamphlets, especially Common Sense, which crystallized sentiment for independence in 1776. It was published in Philadelphia on January 10, 1776, and signed anonymously "by an Englishman". It was an immediate success, with Paine estimating it sold ...
Michael Kovats de Fabriczy (often simply Michael Kovats; Hungarian: Kováts Mihály; 1724 [2] – May 11, 1779) was a Hungarian nobleman and cavalry officer [3] who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, in which he was killed in action.
Samuel Huntington (July 16, 1731 – January 5, 1796) was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. [1] As a delegate to the Continental Congress, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.
Founders Online is a research website providing free access to a digitized collection representing the papers of seven of the most influential figures in the founding of the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among the 185,000 documents available through the website's searchable database are the papers of John Adams , Benjamin Franklin , Alexander ...
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
William Samuel Johnson (October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819) was an American Founding Father and statesman. He was the only man to attend all of the four founding American Congresses: the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, the Continental Congress in 1785–1787, the United States Constitutional Convention in 1787 where he was chairman of the Committee of Style that drafted the final version of the ...
John Williams (March 14, 1731 – October 10, 1799), born in Surry County, North Carolina, was a Founding Father of the United States and signer of its Articles of Confederation. He was one of the founders of the University of North Carolina. During the American Revolutionary War, Williams was a