Achievements of the Founding Fathers of the United States

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were some of the most influential men and important men in the history of this country. Each man had their own achievements. I break down each one of the founding fathers and analyze the positions they took on policy in the office of the presidency.

Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died in 1790. Franklin is considered by many people to be brilliant and a little crazy at the same time. Most people know him for inventing electricity by standing outside in a thunderstorm with a kite to get an electric current. However Franklin was instrumental at the Constitutional Convention and writing the Constitution. He was the tenth child in his family born and one of seventeen siblings. He also published an autobiographical book on his own life. Benjamin Franklin also invented many other devices such as the Benjamin stove, bifocals, the glass harmonica and many other inventions. Franklin also played an important role in politics in Philadelphia and made the city into an important center for trade and politics. 

The second great Constitutional writer and Ameican leader was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was born in 1743 and died in 1826. He wrote the Declaration of Independence and was highly regarded as one of the most brillaint men in the states. He was the third president of the United States after George Washington and John Adams. He was the United States' first Secretary of State, served as Vice President and President. In policy making Jefferson expanded the borders of the country enormously by signing off on the Louisiana Purchase which was discovered by the adventures of Louis and Clark. The Louisiana Purchase was bought from Napoleon Bonaparte who desperately needed money to fight his wars in Europe. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the U.S. 

In addition to politics, Jefferson was a architect and loved mechanical engineering. One of his hobbies was botany and studying plants. He loved architecture and paleontology.