Founding Fathers

plural noun

1. the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787.

2. (often lowercase),  any group of founders.

   the town's founding fathers.

Founding Fathers

1. A general name for male American patriots during the Revolutionary War, especially the signers of the Declaration of Independence and those who drafted the Constitution. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington were all Founding Fathers.

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Campaign University lessons highlight what its instructors argue were the Founding Fathers’ “deep religious beliefs” as evidence that “God was not separate from the public square; nor was that the intent of the founders.”

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Since the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence, a two-party system emerged with the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.

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They were skeptical of it because they considered the people to be unruly by nature and not fit to govern themselves, which is why the Founding Fathers tied voting rights to property ownership in 1776.

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He advocated for the abolition of slavery, but like many of the Founding Fathers, he also benefited from the institution and even bought and sold slaves for his in-laws.

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“Somewhere there are Founding Fathers who are turning over in their graves.”

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