Who is the greatest Founding Father of the United States?
Generals, lawyers, printers and pamphleteers, and still no agreement about which of them mattered most.
1Benjamin Franklin
Printer, scientist and diplomat, and the only Founder who signed the Declaration, the French alliance, the Treaty of Paris and the Constitution.
2George Washington
Commander of the Continental Army and the first President of the United States.
3Thomas Jefferson
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President.
4John Adams
Advocate for independence in the Continental Congress and the second President.
5Alexander Hamilton
First Treasury Secretary and the architect of the American financial system.
6James Madison
Chief drafter of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, later the fourth President.
7John Jay
Co-author of the Federalist Papers and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
8Thomas Paine
Pamphleteer whose Common Sense turned colonial argument into a case for independence.
9Samuel Adams
Boston agitator who organised resistance to British taxes and helped spark the Revolution.
10Patrick Henry
Virginia orator remembered for the 'give me liberty or give me death' speech.
11John Hancock
President of the Continental Congress and the first and largest signature on the Declaration.
12James Monroe
Revolutionary officer, diplomat and the fifth President, author of the Monroe Doctrine.
13Gouverneur Morris
Delegate who wrote the final polished text of the Constitution, including its preamble.
14Roger Sherman
Connecticut delegate whose Great Compromise created the two-chamber Congress.
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