Founding Fathers of the United States

On September 17th of 1787, a group of men to whom we call “The Founding Fathers,” wrote one of the most famous documents; The United States Constitution. The goal when writing the constitution was to help better American lives by creating a set of Ten Amendments that grant basic rights to all citizens. The Founding Fathers essentially took pieces out of other famous documents like those of The Magna Carta (1215), The English Bill of Rights (1689), and The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom…

of the Founding Fathers, specifically, how they would be ashamed of the modern presidency. However, in actuality, the Founding Fathers would not only recognize but also approve of the modern presidency because it is largely what they expected. At the time of the Founding Fathers, the American citizens recognized that the Articles of Confederation, which had laid the foundation for the United States needed to be significantly altered. The Articles of Confederation, which once held the states…

In 1787 at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, the Founding Fathers debated what the new government should look like to keep a strong nation. During this Convention, one of the main points was the focus of whether slavery should be allowed or not. The final decision was that slavery should be allowed in the Constitution. The founding Fathers decided to keep slavery in the Constitution because they felt having a united union was more important than having it fall apart with ending slavery…

Statesman as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He was also the first Mayor of New Haven Connecticut. He was in the group of men that drafted the Declaration of Independence along with the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Along with all of his other accomplishments he was a judge on the Superior court of Connecticut. The well-known “Connecticut Compromise” was the idea of Roger Sherman’s as well, he also was the representative for Connecticut in the United States…

The United States Constitution clearly states that the power of the government should be separated, so that they can keep ensure each branch is doing what they are supposed to do, and ensure that one branch doesn’t become more powerful than the others. When The Constitution was written in 1787, the purpose of separation of powers was to ensure that there was no tyranny within the country. As now the Separation of Powers is to make sure that the country can stay a free country, and to also ensure…

The National Popular Vote or Electoral College System In the 54th quadrennial United States Presidential Elections, it was the incumbent governor of Texas George W. Bush representing the Republicans, and incumbent Vice President Al Gore depicting the Democrats. Nevertheless, the elections came down to a neck and neck battle, and at the end, found its destiny relying on the state of Florida where a margin of victory triggered a recount. After the recount finally closed, George W. Bush was soon…

College is a system that has been used by the United States for Presidential Elections since the very first election. The Electoral College is a group of people who represent different states and vote on behalf of that state for the President and Vice President. The process of the Electoral College can be broken down into three steps: 1. Selection of the Electors. 2. The meeting and voting of the Electors. 3. Counting the electoral Votes. Each state is entitled to a number of electors based off…

The founding fathers were among the greatest thinkers of their time, to the founding documents they took inspiration from other American and European thinkers. America was founded on the these founding documents; The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights. The Enlightenment ideals of Deism, Liberalism and Republicanism were written into our founding documents the founding fathers. The Declaration of Independence was written to make the colonists fight against the…

elite” that molded a system which, overall, ensured that no one like them would likely arise again in the future of the country. The author also believes that the founding fathers were creations of the time with which they lived in and that they were necessary for the creation of the United States. He also illustrates that the founders…

election, he would win no matter what. The Founding Fathers of the United States of America feared tyrannical rule just as Aristotle did so many years before. Whether they took warning from what Aristotle had to say in Politics or if they saw the danger in other readings or governments in the world. One way or another the Founding Fathers saw the potential damage a tyrannical ruler could do, they wanted no part of a tyrant state for the United States of America, they made sure it would never be…