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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 ...
This includes all Founders that can also be found in the subcategories. The main article for this page is Founding Fathers of the United States , 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, and crafted a framework ...
The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. After European colonization of North America began in the late 15th century, wars and epidemics decimated Indigenous societies. By the 1760s, the thirteen British colonies were established.
In 1957, Fortune magazine developed a list of the seventy-six wealthiest Americans, which was published in many American newspapers. [6] Jean Paul Getty, when asked his reaction to being named wealthiest American and whether he was worth a billion dollars, said, "You know, if you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars" and then added, "But remember, a billion dollars isn't ...
Benjamin Franklin, founder of the American Philosophical Society who contributed important discoveries to physics such as electricity, but was more successful in his practical inventions, including stoves and lightning rods; The arts in colonial America were not as successful as the sciences.
The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America's Revolution. St. Martin's Publishing. ISBN 9781250170743. Wood, Gordon S. (2002). The American Revolution: A History. Random House Publishing. ISBN 9780812970418.
Jim McClure will be part of York County History Storytellers’ “Stories under the Stack” at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the York County History Center, 121 N. Pershing Ave., York.
At the time of the American founding, there were about half a million slaves in the United States, mostly in the five southernmost states, where they made up 40% of the population. Many of the leading American founders – such as Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and James Madison – owned slaves, but many others did not. Benjamin Franklin ...