Essay On The Founding Fathers Of America

Many would say that America was built on the principle that “all men are created equal” and that U.S. citizens are all given equal treatment, opportunities, and so on. But, is that really the case? Was Thomas Jefferson’s famous words, forever inscribed in the Declaration of Independence, meant for everyone? Taking a look back into America’s short (at least when compared to other countries) history, the phrase “all men are created equal” doesn’t really seem to correlate with the circumstances of that century. Africans were enslaved and forced to do hard, strenuous labor or else be forced to endure a beating by the slave master. But don’t forget, all men are created equal. It says so in the constitution. Fast forward a couple of hundred years where all men still aren’t equal, but are close to it.

The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action, written by John P. Roche, addressed the difficulty that the Founding Fathers had in constructing the U.S. Constitution because of the high level of stress they received and the limited amount of time that they had to carry out the formation of this document while keeping the best interest of the country as a priority. John P. Roche starts of by commenting on why the creation of the Constitution was so effective and how the Articles of Confederation benefitted the ratification of the new U.S. Government. As it turns out, the delegates elected to attend Pennsylvania were mainly people who had served in Congress and had experience in the weakness of the Articles in granting too little power to the national government. In addition, the delegates were appointed by the state legislatures, not by the people, as justified by the Articles of Confederation.

The Founding Fathers put their blood, sweat and tears into the making of the Constitution and created a government out of practically nothing, all while having a vision for the future. This future consisted of a government that focused on liberty over security; a government of minimal intervention. To say that the modern version of the United States government is exactly what the Founding Fathers envisioned is a very debatable topic. There are many instances where todays government has followed the Constitution for the most part, but then there are a lot of other areas where the Founders visions have been twisted to the point that they are unrecognizable anymore. To start off, the basic concept of the United States government is one of checks and balances. This was put in place to ensure that the government never became too powerful. One very good example of checks and balances is the media. Even the founding fathers knew the extreme power of the media and its ability to keep the government in check. Two men by the names of William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were even able to create the Spanish American War by the process of yellow journalism, or the crude exaggeration of events. The first amendment states that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” The government today reflects this belief that the media is a watchdog or “fourth estate” as it is so often referred to. Political parties and everything that comes with it, including

The American colonists left England, but felt that they were still under England’s jurisdiction. The Continental Congress passed acts that questioned English authority. Cultures began to mingle and taxation policies increased under the British government after the French and Indian War. This caused the colonist to stop being loyal to England between 1750 to 1776 in order to gain independence and their own identity. Many of the colonists wanted to gain independence from Britain, but there were also some loyalist in the colonies.

The Federalist papers as a whole are a defining piece of American history that can never be forgotten. It marks the debate that the founding father s had after the failed articles of confederations about whether our new government should be a strong national government or continue with the states holding the most power. Predominantly written by alexander Hamilton the papers make arguments to the people and opponents on why they should elect to have a strong national government. Without these papers discussing the possible options the founding fathers are leaning towards the general public would not have known what is going on and therefor these are one of the first examples of how the founding fathers really tried to fix their mistakes of the failed articles of confederations and make a viable government that this nation can grow and develop under. Papers 78 and 81 talk about the judicial branch, more specifically paper number 78 focuses on the structure of power and jurisdiction, focusing on the method of appointing judges and the tenure by which they are to hold their office. Paper number 81 focuses on the judiciary authority between different courts and what type of court is the Supreme Court.

The Founding Fathers had many reasons why they fought for the independence of the colonies. Most probably think that the taxes were too much or they were constantly at the mercy of the British. But the Founding Fathers had many more opinions over the war and the British. People like George Washington and Ben Franklin, who were known for their opinions and skills, had much that was not as well known about their thoughts over each other and the British Empire. Their opinions and thoughts had a lot of effects on how the country was formed.

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton is such an important founding mother because she created the first private orphanage in New York, she lived to be ninety-seven, and she was a romotel to many women. Founding mothers had a large role in the revolutionary role. Many of the founding mothers were business women, however, several of them only began their service to our nation after their husbands had past. Elizabeth was one of the founding mothers. She changed over 200 kids and families lives.

I am Pierce Butler, one of the founding fathers. I born in County Carlaw, Ireland in 1788. I went to Philadelphia to represent South Carolina at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. I’m going to write about my point of view of some topics of the constitutional.

"The band which at present holds us together, by a very feeble thread, will soon be broken, when anarchy and confusion must ensue." George Washington said this while describing the current government of the United States. With the ratification of Maryland on March 1, 1781, the Articles of Confederation went into affect and all seemed well. Even though the Confederation had many accomplishments, it was hardly an ideal government. Problems began to arise soon following the enactment of the Articles. The Confederation lacked adequate powers to deal with interstate issues, while it lacked ample stature to be of an influence on other nations, making the Confederation unable to negotiate easily. Financial

Who or what is the first thing that comes to mind when the word whiskey is mentioned? Jack Daniel’s or a fun Saturday night out? Perhaps, but most likely not the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791. This Rebellion resulted from the passage by Congress of an excise tax to be applied to distilled liquor and was led by Pennsylvania farmers. Occurring from 1791 to 1794, the Whiskey Rebellion ended when President Washington sent close to 13,000 soldiers to the relatively small area to stop the protesters.(Page 141) This event is a classic example of the struggle between States’ rights and Federal Authority, which Joseph J. Ellis illustrates in the book Founding Brothers. Even today, the battle of power continues between the States and the Federal Government

In the book, “Founding Brothers,” by Joseph J. Ellis, he captures the significant moments from the past in post-revolutionary America and the lives of every single member of the Founding Fathers. The primary members included Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Adams, and Jefferson while Aaron and Franklin were somewhat in the background. He examines the “Founding Brothers” influential moments in the Revolutionary generation and from that changing the course of what the United States would become. Even though he seems somewhat unsure of his claim, his factual research and profound specific details in the book shows his desire to reveal the importance of the “founding brothers” decision making in the disasters of the American republic. Ellis quotes, “an attempt to recover the urgency and improvisation, what it looked and felt like, for the eight most

The English Colonies was a hard place to live in with the Sugar Act, the Stamp act, and the monarchy trying to rule our every move . England was trying to pay for all their previous debts in other wars and took it out on the colonist. The English Colonies decided to revolt against England and won their independence, this war was known as the American Revolution. The United States was starting to look like a place where people would want to live, because there was no monarchy and a government that all white men can vote on. After the United States established independence the government ruled under the Articles of Confederation, and this was better than being ruled by England but was not what everyone thought it would be. Then after work and thought by the country leaders we now live under the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. There have been had rough times for the people of the United States and still is more to come.

All throughout the United States, people recite the pledge of allegiance but what they do not see is that the nation was not exactly built on religion itself. American Evangelicals hold a strong belief that the United States was formed through traditional Christian ideals and look to the invocation of God's words in pieces of government. After all, with words like "God and "our creator," one may assume that traditional Christian values were upheld in the creation of the United States political system. However, because of the Enlightenment movement, roughly most of the founding fathers were not practicing Christians. The founding fathers often dabbled in skepticism of theocratic dogma and stood for religious toleration. America's founding fathers were influenced by a kind of

The framing of the American Constitution resulted in several conflicts dealing with economic issues, political concerns and dynamic conflicts of interest between the delegates. Each separate force had a perspective, usually clouded by personal motives, on how the new governmental system should operate. During the framing of the Constitution, the central conflicts were between the small states and the big states while in the ratification period the struggle involved the anti-federalists and the federalists. Each opposing force struggled for the power to have their personal interest and beliefs represented in the new governmental system. The different sectional interests were incorporated

Imagine being forced to work for people who have bought you, and not being treated equally due to your race. Well this act occurred during the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth century. This was known as slavery. African Americans were sold to Caucasians, where their freedom would be taken away from them. It was a consistent struggle to fight through the discrimination, that was occurring. African Americans who were willing to risk their lives had the ability to have freedom. However, it was a long crucial journey for people on the underground railroad. Even so, freedom wasn’t always guaranteed. Caucasians did awful things to African Americans, which will never be forgotten. The Pledge of Allegiance says “ … one nation, indivisible…” however, at one point we were not a nation. We were divided. To this day and in one hundred years we will always have that division, based on the act of slavery.