ALL ABOUT HISTORY FOUNDING FATHERS MAGAZINE #3 2021,

Description: Thomas Jefferson once described the Founders as "a natural aristocracy". And there was diversity among these men. Whereas the great revolutions in France, Russia and China saw one man emerge as a figurehead, the revolution in America remained pluralistic. George Washington was the first president, but there was much debate and argument between Federalists like Washington, John Adams and Alexander Hamilton and staunch Republicans like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. The checks and balances these men imposed upon one another's ideals fed into the constitution itself. The Founders experienced failures too, of course, most pertinently when dealing with slavery and the Native American population. All the Founders realised that the concept of slavery was anathema to a democratic republic founded on the principles of liberty and freedom. And yet the slave population grew during the United States formative years: there were 500,000 enslaved persons in 1775; by 1860, natural reproduction had seen this number balloon to 4,000,000. The Founders failed to conquer this issue - they were concerned with the Southern states' threat to secede from the union, and could not imagine a biracial society. Their inertia would eventually lead to civil war. ORDER BEFORE 2 PM CENTRAL - SAME DAY SHIPPINGPRML247

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