GEORGE WASHINGTON

• Born in Virginia
• Born on Febraury 22, 1732
• Died on December 14, 1799
• 1st president, leader of the comtinental army, & won the revolutionary war
• Appleby School is where he got his education

GEORGE WASHINGTON

• He was Aglican
• His wife was Martha Washington
• His kids were John and Martha Parke Custis
• "The constitution is the guide which I will never abandon "
• He was a politician, soldier, military officer, & farmer

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

• Born in Massachusetts
• January 17, 1706- April 17,1790
• Was a printer, writer, editor, & business man
• He got his education at Boston Lane School
• His religion is not known

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

• His wife was Deborah Read
• Sarah Franklin Rache, William and Francis Franklin
• "I didnt fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong"
• He served in the the contiental congress & a founding father
• He was also our countries ambassador

BENJAMIN BANNEKER

• Born in Maryland
• November 9, 1731- October 9, 1806
• He was a mathematician, inventor , surveyor
• Got an education at an elemtary school run by quakers
• He was a Christian

Benjamin Banneker
•he married Bannaky
•he had no kids
•"were there no uniforms,
there would probably be no armies

Haym Solomon
•Born in Poland
April 7, 1740-January 6,1785
•He was a spy for the U.S., broker, auctioneer
•Judaism
•he studied Hebrew in his youth & had acquired a knowledge of finance when he became older

Haym Salomon
• he fought for the Americans
•established himself a commission merchant
•Known for Prime financier of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
•"I am my beloved and my beloved is me"

Benjamin Rush
•born in Philadelphia County
•January 4, 1746-April 19, 1813
•he was a physician, writer, & educator
•he went to Princeton & the a University of Edinburg
•he was a Christian

Benjamin Rush
•He was engaged to Sarah Eve
•"The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation."

Noah Webster
•Born in Connecticut
•he was a dictionary maker, writer, & author
•October 16, 1757- May 28, 1843
•he got his education at Yale
•he was a Christian

Noah Webster
Wife-Rebecca Greenleaf
Kids- Emily Schotten, Frances Julianna, Harriet, William Greenleaf, Eliza, Henry, and Louisa
•he contributed to the founding by teaching 5 generations of children how to read and spell
•“The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.”

John Adams
•Born in Massachusetts on October 30, 1735
•died on July 4, 1826
•he was a schoolteacher, lawyer, & diplomat
• he went to Harvard
•Unitarianism

John Adams
Wife- Abigail Smith
Kids- Nabby, John Quincy, Susan, Charles, Thomas, Elizabeth
•he contributed to the founding because he was the 2nd president, founding father, Statesman
•"The happiness of society is the end of government.”

Patrick Henry
•Born in VA on May 29,1736
•died on June 6, 1799
•his occupations were an orator, politician, & lawyer
•he attended King's College
•Christian

Patrick Henry
Wife-Dorothea Dandridge & Sarah Shelton
Kids-Richard Henry, Dorothea Spotwood Henry, more
•contributed by he was an American attorney, planter, & politician
•"I know of no way of judging the future but by the past."

Gouverneur Morris
•born in New York
•Lawyer, Mercantile, Manufacturing, shipping, & educator
•January 31, 1752- November 6, 1816
•he went to Columbia University
•he was Anglican/ Episcopalian

Gouverneur Morris
Wife- Anne Cary Randolph
Kids-they had a son
•he was an American statesman, Founding Father, & represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention
• "This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king."

Roger Sherman
•born in Massachusetts
•April 19, 1721- July 23, 1793
•he attended Yale University
•his occupations were a politician & lawyer
•Congregationalist

Roger Sherman
Wife-Rebecca Minot Prescott & Elizabeth Hartwell
Kids-Rebecca Sherman & Sarah Sherman
Contributes-founding father, early american lawyer, &
•"We were driven off like rats in five minutes."