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1、Topic2FoundingFathersoftheUnitedStatesliyanwangFoundingFathersTheFoundingFathersoftheUnitedStateswerethe politicalleaders whosignedthe DeclarationofIndependencein1776orotherwisetookpartinthe AmericanRevolution inwinningAmericanindependencefromGreatBritain,orwh
2、oparticipatedinframingandadoptingthe UnitedStatesConstitution in1787-1788,orinputtingthenewgovernmentundertheConstitutionintoeffect.FoundingFathersGeorgeWashingtonJohnAdamsThomasJeffersonAlexanderHamiltonBenjaminFranklinJohnJayJamesMadison,Jr.GeorgeWashingtonF
3、atheroftheUnitedStatesGeorgeWashington1stPresidentoftheUnitedStates(April30,1789 – March4,1797)Thedominantmilitaryandpoliticalleader1.leadingtheAmericanvictoryoverBritaintheinAmericanRevolutionaryWar.2.Washingtonfirmlysupportedtheroadtoindependence.3.Washingto
4、nleadthedevelopmentoftheUnitedStatesConstitution,upholdthebourgeoisrepublic,deniedthecentralizedfeudalmonarchy,maintainandconsolidatethenewbourgeoisrepublic.GeorgeWashingtonGeorgeWashington'sFarewellAddressItgivesadviceonthenecessityandimportanceofnationalunio
5、n,thevalueoftheConstitutionandtheruleoflaw,theevilsofpoliticalparties,andthepropervirtuesofarepublicanpeople.Washingtonrefusedtenure,openedPresidentthepracticeofregularrotation.JohnAdamsIndependentoftheGiantsJohnAdamsAleadingchampionofindependencein1776theseco
6、ndPresidentUnitedStates(1797–1801)Majorpresidentialactions1.Builtupthe U.S.Navy2.Foughtthe QuasiWarwithFrance（准战争）3.SignedAlienandSeditionActs of1798（外国人和镇压叛乱法）4.EndedwarwithFrancethroughdiplomacAdamswasthefirstsettledtheWhiteHousePresidentinWashington,DCJohnA
7、damsquote著名之遗言:“托马斯·杰斐逊比我命长。”ThomasJefferson'slongevitythanI.ThegovernmentoftheUnitedStatesisnot,inanysense,foundedontheChristianreligion.Thiswouldbethebestofallpossibleworlds,iftherewerenoreligioninit.ThomasJeffersonThechiefspokesmanofDemocracyThomasJefferson
8、the thirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates(1801–1809)OnetheprincipalauthoroftheDeclarationofIndependence(1776)Jeffersonwasoneofthemostinfluential FoundingFathers,knownforhispromotionofthe
