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Founding Fathers: Who Were They and What Happened to Them?        PBS NewsHour        4 July 2012

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iUUfTYodZA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Founding fathers

 

John Adams,

Benjamin Franklin,

Alexander Hamilton,

 John Jay,

Thomas Jefferson,

James Madison,

George Washington...

 

Declaration of Independence

“life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"        July 4, 1776

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

http://video.pbs.org/video/2253386230/

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/17/
opinion/our-feuding-founding-fathers.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/
opinion/did-a-fear-of-slave-revolts-drive-american-independence.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/
opinion/campaign-stops/the-man-the-founders-feared.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/25/
opinion/david-brooks-the-american-idea-and-todays-gop.html

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iUUfTYodZA - July 4, 2012

 

http://www.npr.org/2012/07/04/
156258435/founding-fathers-defined-freedom-differently

 

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6529440 - Nov. 23, 2006

 

 

 

 

John Adams

 

the second president of the United States

and one of the prime movers

behind the Revolution and independence (...)

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/22/
books/books-of-the-times-rediscovering-john-adams-the-founder-time-forgot.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/22/
books/books-of-the-times-rediscovering-john-adams-the-founder-time-forgot.html

 

 

 

 

Benjamin Franklin

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/
books/books-of-the-times-the-founder-of-healthy-wealthy-wise-inc.html

 

 

 

 

Alexander Hamilton

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/
arts/design/the-many-faces-of-alexander-hamilton.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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