Myth of the Month 16: The Founding Fathers
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The Seven Most Influential Persons of the American Founding Fathers
Historian Richard b. Morris put together a list of seven crucial individuals in 19 73. They were john adams, ben franklin, alexander hamilton, john j thomas jefferson, james madison and george washington. But beyond that, thereis really no thing to hold this group together,. None of them were very poor, although hamilton came from a pretty modest background," he says.
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