![]() ![]() ![]() But to leave it at that doesn’t do the whole story justice. Remarkable statesmen like Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson – the founders we’ll be looking at here – can claim paternity of the United States. The term “Founding Fathers” is one of those clichés. In short, while catchy, they can be pretty one-dimensional. If a cliché captures something essential, it also obscures the larger picture. Revolution and Founding History Introduction: New insights into the men who made America.Ĭlichés get at truths, but they also simplify them. History, Politics, Biographies, Memoirs, Leaders, Notable People, American Revolution Biographies, U.S. ![]() Hamilton encounters an immovable obstacleĪ famous dinner leads to a famous compromise Introduction: What’s in it for me? New insights into the men who made America. Together, they formed a fraternity of remarkable minds that could collectively solve the problems each of them on their own could not. But they clung to one another – as friends, as rivals, and even as enemies. The future was far from certain, and even the truths they held to be self-evident often led to strikingly different conclusions. The men who founded America lived and worked in uncertain times. Founding Brothers (2002) complicates and enriches our understanding of the American revolution. ![]()
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