Founding Brother: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis shows the men who started and continued a new nation in a light not shown very often. Some of the men written about and included are George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. Due to many points made throughout Ellis’ argument, the assessment of the men of the Revolutionary period and the political trials they faced creates a better and helpful vision of how these men came to create and place the governmental and political scenes today. George Washington had been the perfect and obvious choice as the first President of the United States because of his pivotal role as one of the Founding Fathers and because of his little desire to have the power of the presidency. However, Founding Brothers opens the door to look at him in not just a celebratory light, but one of truth. The research and sources show
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Founding Brothers gives a description of the two men as, “the odd couple of the American Revolution.” Although, as Adams’ and Jefferson’s time progresses, Adams is made to look less mentally sound with each paragraph. He starts as a loving husband who appreciates his wife’s opinion and morphs into a possibly mentally ill man who cannot make a decision without his wife’s approval. All the while, Jefferson is possibly caught selling lies to the papers about the man was supposed to be his close friend. John Adams is continually set up to play the villain based on evidence that was not proven and belittled for these facts. The friendship becomes ambiguous, because very little is truly known about what happened while Adams and Jefferson were unable to maintain their friendship. Noting this lapse in friendship, both Adams and Jefferson made many decisions during each of their presidencies that reflect their growing mistrust of the other, much like modern
Founding Brothers gives a description of the two men as, “the odd couple of the American Revolution.” Although, as Adams’ and Jefferson’s time progresses, Adams is made to look less mentally sound with each paragraph. He starts as a loving husband who appreciates his wife’s opinion and morphs into a possibly mentally ill man who cannot make a decision without his wife’s approval. All the while, Jefferson is possibly caught selling lies to the papers about the man was supposed to be his close friend. John Adams is continually set up to play the villain based on evidence that was not proven and belittled for these facts. The friendship becomes ambiguous, because very little is truly known about what happened while Adams and Jefferson were unable to maintain their friendship. Noting this lapse in friendship, both Adams and Jefferson made many decisions during each of their presidencies that reflect their growing mistrust of the other, much like modern