![]() ![]() ![]() Founding Fathers ends with the year 1826, when both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, the fiftieth anniversary of Independence. Three years after he was ensnared in a national embarrassment of his own making, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian is back near. The book also attends to the duel in which Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in 1804. All seems forgiven, or mostly forgotten, for Joseph J. Ellis is a study of the lives of the founders of the American republic or as Ellis sees them, the founding fathers- Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison. ![]() In addition, Ellis makes frequent references to the French Revolution, which lasted from 1789 to 1799. The book covers George Washington’s presidency, which lasted from 1788 to 1796, his decision to step down, and the publication of his “Farewell Address.” It also covers the presidential elections of 17, in which John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively, were elected as president. ![]() The book mentions that the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was the nation’s other “Founding Moment.” Several of the book’s most significant events occur in 1790, including the Compromise of 1790 and the delivery of petitions to Congress calling for the restriction and abolition of slavery that same year. Many significant historical events are covered in the book, beginning with the Revolutionary War and the achievement of Independence in 1776. ![]()
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