The Founding Fathers in Context

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.

Richard Hofstadter, in the Chapter one, “The Founding Fathers: An Age of Realism,” of his book, “The American Political Tradition,” expresses his ideas of the conflicts that the Founding Fathers of US may have had when they created the Constitution of United States. Right from the beginning of the Chapter, Hofstadter starts with a quote from Horace White that the Constitution of United States “assumes that the natural state of mankind is state of war, and that the carnal mind is at enmity with God.” It is no wonder that Hofstadter, who understood Founding Father’s pain, used such quote. In Hofstadter’s view, the Founding Fathers, torn between democracy and monarchy, the two extremities, set out to create a government in which both could be applied and satisfy both the mobs and the elites of society.

In American history,Reconstruction was a very brief event that occurred right after the Civil War. During this time, there would be tremendous amounts of issues spreading throughout the nation, such as when the Confederacy would be allowed into the Union or what would freedmen's do since they were once called property. Reconstruction created many accomplishments that still impacts us today. These are some of the topics that went against or fulfilled the ideas of our Founding Fathers.

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

Rightly dubbed the information highway, the Internet today offers not only the best in quality merchandise and up to date information, it also offers a myriad of educational experiences for those desiring to further learn about the many cultures found on this planet.

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.

The founding Fathers were men of great knowledge and bravery. They were left with the task of revolutionizing America into the world power that it is now. From gaining independence from England, to the revolutionary war their impact has gone beyond what was expected. This impact has also extended to what we know as the constitutional convention. During the convention the founders had to coincide with their peoples needs and the challenges that they were faced with in order the fix their government in a way that could benefit America then and as well as in the future. With the incoming of immigrants, slave trade, and a debt to pay back, the founders were faced with a lot of challenges. The key to understanding the motives of the founding fathers is to consider all of the political attributes that affected the decision-making. Though the main purpose of the Convention was to reshape the government in an organized manner, it was also meant allow for peace within the colonies. The founders also wanted to make sure that all of the states were represented equally insuring a balance of power between the states and government.

The Founding Fathers are like the A-team. In most eyes, some of the things they have done is considered heroic. They put themselves on the line and shape what america is today. Some say that the Founding Fathers were only in it for power and money, however they still put themselves on the chop and block by fighting in this war and being the faces of this war. George Washington fought in the battle of trenton, the founding fathers fought in some way. They did the olive branch petition and did all the planning on this war. Who do you think the british would kill first the colonists or the Founding Fathers?

The Founding Fathers envisioned a republican America that would protect the freedoms and unalienable rights of each of its citizens. Following the American Revolution, blacks, Native Americans, and other non-white groups hoped that the new American ideals of equality and independence would transcend color, ethnicity, and race. Republicanism, upon which the nation was founded, was shortly proven to be a facade masking the corrupt intentions of the US’s political leaders. The dominant white minority of America strived for westward expansion, and would achieve many gains throughout the 19th century. Often overlooked, the cotton gin was a driving force in westward expansion, the continued brutal treatment and destruction of native peoples, the growth of slave trade, and the advancement of the northern and southern economies. With the increased profitability of cotton, the hope of enslaved blacks for freedom was quickly extinguished and the growing tension between the North and the South hailed the advent of the Civil War. The 1800s, due to the widespread use of the cotton gin and access to new lands through the Louisiana Purchase, would be characterized by an era of corruption and would would affirm the deceptive nature of Thomas Jefferson and the American republican ideals he promoted. During the decades leading up to the American Revolution, the colonies’ political leaders looked for a new system of government to replace Great Britain’s monarchical system, which they viewed as

In the book Founding Mothers and Fathers: Gendered Power and the Forming of American Society by Mary Beth Norton, she explores not only the initial formation of the American colonies, but also how it related to the family unit, which was quite important to both English society and the one forming in the colonies. This text, which explores the time period from 1620 to 1670 is written in three parts, each centered on a family or individual who defied the traditional societal norms as well as analyzing the ways in which the colonies dealt with these dissenters from the social norms. The book begins however with an explanation of the view of the world that the colonists likely lived by when they first arrived on American shores, as well as its lack of female influence, and how it would eventually change to something not unlike what we have in our society today.

The how and why of our beloved republic, are so much better known and understood, than the who. The United States of America was born in 1776, but it was conceived 169 years before that. The earliest settlers had watered the new world with sweat, and they had built substantial holdings for themselves and their families. When the time came, however, to separate them from the tyranny an ocean away; at the best it meant starting all over again after the ravages of war. This paper gave me a whole new outlook on what the Founding Fathers of our great nation endured and sacrificed in order to bring to us the United States as we know it today. All other of the world’s revolutions were initiated by men who had nothing to lose. Our ancestors had everything

The united states managed to free itself from Great Britain and gained its independence. The thirteen colonies were not seen the same they gained a new name. The united states of america, which was founded by seven people. The seven people were known as the “founding fathers of america”. As well , when the united states established its liberty, documents were established. The most important documents are : the declaration of indepence , the bill of rights , and the constitution. The documents were signed by the founding fathers and they excluded people of color. Anyone who wasn’t a U.S citizen was seen as an alien ,racism occurred at the time and is rising.

This lesson is to teach what our country is founded on. This is something that students should need to know, being a member of society everyone should know what our country is founded on and where it began.

Sociology began in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Western Europe. Around this time, the political and economic systems in Europe were changing. Things like the Monarchy, (which was the

In Essentials of Sociology, by James M. Henslin we read that there are four origins of sociology. The origins are the Industrial Revolution, social upheaval, skepticism, and the power of science. This was known to be tradition vs. science. When tradition was tested and failed and science was used that gave birth to sociology.