founding fathers

The Founding Fathers were the leaders for the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War, breaking off from Britain and forming the United States or America, and later on form the Constitution. The seven commonly famous members included are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John...

On July 4, 1776, a document was adopted by 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress, who were convened at the Pennsylvania State House (renamed Independence Hall), known as the Declaration of Independence. With its signing, the 56 delegates cemented their legacy as the Founding Fathers of...

How different would American History would be if the Founding Fathers somehow ended up with the creation of the Confederate Constitution but without the unable to ban slavery and a Supreme Court?

AHC Challenge: How could you make a timeline where the United States of America (completely) abandons its founding ideals? (No, I don't mean completely falling apart. Even so, some of the pieces may attempt to live up to the beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution)?

Niek Koning writes that In the late 1850s, many farmers joined the new Republican party, which promised free soil and the exclusion of slavery from the new terriories. After the victory of the Union, however, the new party revealed itself as a tool of northeastern business interests, imposing...

Niek Koning writes that In the late 1850s, many farmers joined the new Republican party, which promised free soil and the exclusion of slavery from the new terriories. After the victory of the Union, however, the new party revealed itself as a tool of northeastern business interests, imposing...

So I was reading about the Constitutional Convention, and I was wondering, what if something more akin to the Virginia Plan was implemented? Where the President has mostly the same powers as OTL, but is elected by the legislature rather than more directly by the electoral college. Keep in mind...

After the confusion of 1800, the US amended it's constitution to ensure that Presidential electors vote for one Presidential ticket. Simultaneously, President Jefferson privately expressed support for abolishing the electoral college altogether. His argument was essentially the same as those...

If the first Revolutionary War failed and the Founding Fathers were executed and so another war happened later, what would the governmental system be like? How different or similar would it be? How would this affect the rest of the world's governmental systems? How would history change? What...

The winters in Virginia were cold & wet, but retired Gen. George Washington was no stranger to such inclement weather. Often he rode out of the house into such frigid weather to inspect his estate; ensuring that the buildings were in good repair, inspecting the livestock, and selecting trees for...

What if George Clinton carved out a few more votes in the 1792 Electoral College, such that George Washington is still re-elected as handily as OTL but his VP, Adams, is not? How does this affect Washington's secovd term, the 1796 election, and subsequent history?

Nearly a decade ago (sheesh... am I that old?) there was a thread in the forum about a Constitution for Ameriwanks that sought to optimize the US Constitution as drafted, under the guise of greater framer foresight, for a United States that was ultimately "successful" in uniting the whole of the...

Daniel Blaine Williams I is the hero of the ARW. But what if he never was or died early? Would there be a US without his mediation of the feud between Generals Arnold and Washington? Would Benjamin Franklin have got his triune model of the Executive (ie 1st to 3rd Execs) into the Constitution...

Pretty much what I wrote above. Two humble questions: What did the Founding Fathers of the United States against parties and partisan divisions within the US? And why didn't it work?

Seriously, another one? I don't do completion ok, its practically my thing at this point. I thought your thing was writing unfunny intros? Watch it, I had half a mind not to do one these opening duologues. I wish you hadn't... ... Why are you doing this anyway? Well it started out as a...

This Tree of Liberty, a Trunk of Hickory Colonel Neville Hammond could barely hear. The roar of the guns had sent his eardrums into a state of nervous collapse, huddling in on themselves and ringing like all the bells in St. Luke’s Cathedral. The campaign had been short but grueling. He had...