https://founders.archives.gov CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER WRITINGS OF SEVEN MAJOR SHAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams (and family), Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. Over 185,000 searchable documents, fully annotated, from the authoritative Founding Fathers Papers projects.
https://founders.archives.gov/content/lesson_plans From America in Class, a website of the National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. All plans copyright the National Humanities Center.
https://www.paulreverehouse.org provides information about Revere's ride, business ventures, and three centuries of Boston history.
https://www.aier.org/article/john-adams-on-liberty-americas-rationale-and-greatness Nov 9, 2022 "I agree that John Adams, who has become “virtually an asterisk in history books today,” is inadequately celebrated. He played a leading role in our Revolution and the beginnings of constitutional government. He wrote a Stamp Act protest that became a model for other protests. He outlined principles of liberty for Americans on the cusp of independence. He helped write the May 10, 1776, resolutions declaring America independent, and defended the Declaration of Independence before Congress. He composed most of the Massachusetts Constitution (the oldest still in use in the world), acclaimed for its bill of rights. His A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States was often cited in the Constitutional Convention." American Institute for Economic Research
https://school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Marquis-de-Lafayette/46814 Sep 12, 2022 "He traveled at his own expense to the American colonies, arriving in Philadelphia in July 1777, 27 months after the outbreak of the American Revolution. With no combat experience and not yet 20 years old, Lafayette was nonetheless appointed a major general in the Continental Army, and he quickly struck up a lasting friendship with the American commander in chief, George Washington." Britannica School
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/marquis-de-lafayette Sep 12, 2022 "Shortly after arriving, the Continental Congress commissioned him a major general and he became a member of George Washington’s staff.. During Lafayette’s time in France, he played an extremely crucial role in securing 6,000 French troops for the American cause...Returning to the colonies in 1780, Lafayette’s news of French aid greatly improved American moral." American Battlefield Trust Biographies
https://www.mountvernon.org/the-estate-gardens/famous-visitors/article/george-washington-de-lafayette Sep 12, 2022 "George Washington Motier de Lafayette, the only son of the Marquis de Lafayette, lived with the Washingtons in Philadelphia and at Mount Vernon for two years during his father’s imprisonment...he returned to France upon his father’s release from prison in 1798." George Washington's Mount Vernon Famous Visitors
https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/french-revolution Sep 12, 2022 "In the spring of 1789, the Marquis de Lafayette suggested that Jefferson outline his recommendations for them in written form. The latter accordingly drafted a "charter of rights" that might be issued by Louis XVI. The proposal — an accommodation among the king, the nobility, and "the commons" — was intended as an introductory step toward a constitutional monarchy;[3] but nothing came of Jefferson's suggested compromise, a "lamentable error" from his point of view.[4] " Monticello Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
Founders Youtube Videos
Founders Youtube Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n57NZCjOAKI Feb 17, 2013 Did all the Founding Fathers wear wigs? Get the answer. HISTORY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JUZoIguW8o&t Published on Jul 25, 2014 With gardens, skylights, and the famous dome room, Jefferson designed his home to be more than a place to live; it was his architectural legacy. From: AERIAL AMERICA: Virginia http://bit.ly/1ldxN0W Smithsonian Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rVHhEXCUOY&t Published on Aug 29, 2020 Revealing portrait of the Revolutionary War leader and self-educated Renaissance man, renowned as a scientist, inventor, writer, philosopher, statesman, and diplomat. Find out more about his life in this full documentary!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsvP4WRIUB4&t Published on Jun 27, 2020 This two-hour documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton.