Founders
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FOUNDERS
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George Washington
"To be prepared for war is one the most effective means of preserving peace"
Christian (not deist)
1732-1799
Farmer/surveyor
Homeschooled
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He organized the first spy ring in America
First President
Commander and Chief of
The Continental Army
Had a wife and 4 step children
From Virginia
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Benjamin Banneker
Grandmother taught
From Maryland
1731-1806
Farmed
Mapped Washington D.C.
"The color of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers."
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Never married
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Haym Salomon
Was Jewish
From Poland
Married Rachel Franks had one son
Spied on Britain
Translated for less punishment
Gave $200 to the war effort
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"Providence, or some good honest fellow, has done more for us than we were disposed to do for ourselves."
Financier
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Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
He was Christian
Printer
He assisted in writing the Declaration of Independence.
He signed the Declaration of Independence
He signed the Constitution
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From Massachusetts
He had a wife and two children
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
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Benjamin Rush
From Pennsylvania
Taught
1745-1813
Christian
Had a wife
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Signed the declaration
Was a physician
Helped in the war
“Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come
when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict
the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal privileges to
others; the Constitution of the Republic should make a Special
privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.”
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Noah Webster
From Pennsylvania
Had a wife
Yale (16 years old)
Taught
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Made a dictionary
Founded Armrests College
"The heart should be more cultivated than the brain."
1735-1826
President
Leader of Revolution
Despised British taxes
"Liberty once lost is lost forever"
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Patrick Henry
Rom Virginia
Governor of Virginia
Taught
Christian
Had a wife
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"Give me liberty or give me death"
Overthrew the British government of the colony
Leader of the revolution
Opposed The Stamp Act
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Governeur Morris
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