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FOUNDING FATHERS  

This paper gives a detailed analysis of the difficulties our Founding Fathers faced when trying to establish the new American republic.

In this article I make the case that the founding fathers knew exactly what they were doing when they framed the Constitution and that was making a form of government fluid enough for future generations to find useful.

In a new poll by Zogby International, Americans were given the opportunity to express their views on the Constitution, the American political system, and their perception about the Founding Fathers views on contemporary issues in the United States.

David Barton is an author and historian who has extensively studied the beliefs of our Founding Fathers. He says that anyone who believes the Founders were deists is mistaken and hasn't done their homework.

Historical author Paul Lussier takes a hatchet to the Founding Fathers. Is his view accurate?

achievements and accomplishments of the Founding Fathers of the United States

how to be patriotic and truthful about history at the same time!

Bebunking the Myth

A correspondence between John and Abigail Adams reveals one reason why the Founding Fathers did not allow women more rights...

Explore some of the stories that Ellis recounts in his novel, and get some insight into what these stories tell about the young American Republic.

Fred Thompson's very first campaign speech reiterated Bush's belief that being against the President is the same thing as being for the terrorists. Dissent created America. The stifling of dissent is a sure sign that those in power aren't confident in their own beliefs.

A brief biography of Alexander Hamilton.

America's Founding Fathers condoned or practiced African slavery in the early United States, and yet are widely regarded (certainly by white Americans) as great heroes of our past. Is this acceptable?

Students in Texas are threatened with jail if they pray at graduation. A man in Connecticut is threatened with jail for handing out religious literature near a school. Is this what the Founding Fathers had in mind in creating the First Amendment?

A review of the life and work of one of the founding fathers of sociology focusing primarily on 'social facts'

America's Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, suffered from the extremely painful condition that is also commonly called Gouty Arthritis.

The Federal Government has grown in influence and power, which was deemed dangerous by our founding fathers. The Fed has expanded it's power to include absolute control

A research paper to determine if the founding fathers truly put faith in God to help them in their endeavors in running the country.

The Founding Fathers, in the U.S. Constitution, clearly set out the qualifications for becoming the president of the United States. They didn't include the requirement of authorship or even writing ability. Today's candidates beg to differ.

The United States of America is not, never has been, and hopefully never will be a Christian Nation. The US was not founded upon Christian ideals. The founding fathers were not Christians.

Washington, D.C. is a city that every American should visit in his or her lifetime. It serves as a monument to the founding fathers and the ideals of our nation. As long as you stay in the right area, it can be a truly breathtaking experience.

State-wide smoking bans have become very popular in the last few years. But they are being enacted in opposition to the very foundational ideas set forth by the founding fathers.

My amazing experience of meeting Doc Kauffman, Leo Fender's original partner.

The blood and sweat of our Founding Fathers freed us from the rule of King George III, and allowed them to create a government by the people and for the people

My hometown of Burlington, NJ is nothing less than a treasure chest of American history. I'm amazed everyday as I either drive or walk by the homes, businesses, schools and municipal buildings of some of our founding fathers and other prominent people in American history.

Like history itself, American democracy is a process. There is no definite beginning and certainly no definite end. Since its inception, the details of its implementation have changed by leaps and bounds from those originally envisioned by the "founding fathers."

This is the meaning of how the founding fathers designed the Second Amendment. Everyone should know their rights and what freedom really means.

The American form of government is not a democracy, but rather a compound republic, and the Founding Fathers made it one for good reasons. Mr. Stolyarov analyzes the purposes and structures of a compound republic.

America's Founding Fathers designed a bicameral legislative branch with serious and specific considerations in mind. They did not do so arbitrarily, and Mr. Stolyarov examines the deep, innovative thinking behind the design of House of Representative and the Senate.

Mr. Stolyarov analyzes the American Founding Fathers' innovative efforts to create an extended republic and mitigate the problem of faction by allowing factions to multiply beyond all precedent.

Mr. Stolyarov writes that the Founding Fathers faced a distinct set of problems which they needed to overcome in order to make the new Constitution work. They were also animated by innovative principles that aided them in overcoming the difficulties they perceived.

This paper gives some little known information regarding the school of thought used by the founding fathers of our country. It also defends the position of any American who is not a Christian that religious freedom means all religious beliefs, not just Christianity.

The Founding Fathers clearly displayed some of their essential expectations through the expressed powers provision (Article I, Section 8).

The opening preamable of the United States Constitution outlines the Founding Fathers' intent to have the federal government perform six fundamental functions. This article outlines such functions.

Why does the SECULAR influence trump that of our "founding fathers"?

A brief indictment against our current administration, courtesy of our Founding Fathers

The founding fathers were focused on avoiding the development of a governmental system controlled on single powerful persons. They wanted to ensure the concepts that underpinned the governmental system allowed for individual freedoms and self-determination.

A look at the founding fathers and their differing views on the Constitution of the United States.

Our founding fathers, when they established the government, set it up so that the government would represent the common person. When it first started out it worked well. But as time progressed it has turned into more of a government for the few.

Congressman Keith Ellison claims that the founding fathers relied upon the Quran, among other sources of wisdom, to build our democratic and free society. In fact, Thomas Jefferson used his copy of the Quran to defeat the Barbary Pirates.

Newly elected Congressman Keith Ellison claimed recently that the founding fathers of the United States of America were influenced by the Quran as he discussed his reasons for swearing in on the Islamic holy book. What might Thomas Jefferson say to that?

Many phrases that have survived over the years since the times of our founding fathers are still used today. Do you know the history of such phrases? Knowledge of your country's lineage is alsways a conversation piece of interest.

Would the Founding Fathers even recognize the country they helped start? Some parts, probably, but far too many others they would probably shake their head sadly at.

From the humble days of its founding, the United States of America was intended to be a land of ideals with freedom and opportunity. Our founding fathers had hoped to establish a nation in which people could live their lives in peace and prosperity.

The founding fathers of the USA knew what they were doing just as the emeror's taylor knew what he was doing.

Current controversies such as prayer in schools, vouchers for religious schools, the use of the bible in public school curriculums and faith-based initiatives sponsored by even the President run counter to the original ideals of the founding fathers.

The following article is an abbreviated attempt to show what our forefathers thought was important enough to die for. Our children are not being taught this in today's schools. The founding fathers did not fight for freedom from Christianity.

The Second Amendment protects the right of the individual to own and use guns. Without this right, our country would never have existed.

For most Americans, universal suffrage and the principle of "one man, one vote" are so manifestly just that they cannot even conceive of alternative approaches. But our Founding Fathers could, and did.

Our Founding Fathers believed in creating a nation unlike any other, a nation steeped in equality, individualism, idealism. But just how far has America gone to pervert the dream?