Father of the Nation

George Washington, known as the "Father of the Nation," is well known for his drive for freedom against Britain, and his desire to keep newly liberated United States unified. The most celebrated person in American history, Washington, was born on February 11, 1731, at his father’s plantation on Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the first child of Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary Ball. His father, Augustine, was an ambitious man who acquired land and slaves, built mills

Abraham The founding father of the nation called Israel was a man named Abraham. He was a man of obedience and great faith to God's will. His name in the Hebrew language means "father of many." Primarily named Abram, or also known as "exalted father," God altered his name to Abraham as an emblem of the promise to exponentially multiply all of his offspring into a flourishing nation that God would call his.God had already visited him when he was 75 prior to this.. All Abraham had to do was obey God’s

Fathers of a Free Nation: Franklin and Jefferson American citizens have much to be thankful for; we live in a free country where we have the opportunity to follow our dreams and inspirations. We didn’t just wake up one day and realize we were living in the land of the free and it didn’t happen overnight. Our founding fathers are to thank for our lives of liberty, they fought tirelessly and succeeded. Two of the men that earned that glorious title are Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin a.k.a.

George Washington: Father of a Nation A desolate wind swept over the American encampment at Valley Forge. Freezing temperatures and blinding snow storms accompanied by heartbreaking defeats had taken their toll on these young freedom fighters. The cry for freedom could no longer be heard over hunger pains and the freezing wind. One lone figure could be seen walking through the camp trying to re-ignite that fire in his dwindling troops who were huddled together for warmth. We can only

In American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, Jon Meacham explores the dynamic relationship between religion and government in America in the hope that contemporary America can learn from the past. The period covered by the book spans from 1620 until Reagan’s presidency in the late 1980s. However, Meacham focuses on the Founding Fathers stances and their continued impact on American politics. More specifically, the book details the conflict over the separation of private

it was not his ultimate goal to remove it from the nation. He needed the support of all in the Republican Party to gain candidacy, and calling for a full scale removal of slavery was not the route to go. Later on his speech continued to beg for the unification of the nation. He asked that the Northerners to not submit to the demands of the South, at the same time he asked the Southerners to realize that they were going against their fore fathers’ wishes. In these last two sections of the Cooper

the Constitution, his two-term presidency, and his title as a founding father of our nation. Summary: James Madison was born in Virginia to wealthy planters, and owners of Montpelier plantation (Broadwater 1). Madison’s love of books led him to pursue an education at Princeton (3). His eagerness to learn allowed him to complete college within two years, and made him “one of the best-educated” of the nation’s founding fathers (3). His prominent family and education were rare during this time in America

"In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true." - John Lilly For years members of certain extremist organizations have been attempting to convince people that America is, or at least should be, a Christian country and was founded by Christian men. It should go without saying that this is, at best, revisionist history or, at worst, deliberate despicable deception. However, it does not. The discussion is necessary and has become more necessary due to

The Founding Fathers were motivated by different ideas during the revolution. It is the motivations that made the founding fathers engage in revolutions aimed at establishing a change in the United States. The key founding fathers included George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay, alexander Hamilton, Benjamin franklin and John Adams. They were the prominent people who participated in the American Revolution, and they were responsible for fighting for the independence in America

the nineteenth century, the United States of America existed as two separate entities at war with one another. Because the founding fathers left a pressing matter unaddressed and the government incomplete, the country they worked to establish fell into war with itself. In his speech The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln discusses the goals of the founding fathers in establishing the United States. He implies another meaning to these goals to encourage the Union troops, those fighting to abolish