![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Founding Fathers ends with the year 1826, when both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, the fiftieth anniversary of Independence. Wood, The New York Review of Books From the Trade Paperback edition., A splendid bookhumane, learned, written with flair and radiant with a calm intelligence. The book also attends to the duel in which Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in 1804. In addition, Ellis makes frequent references to the French Revolution, which lasted from 1789 to 1799. The book covers George Washington’s presidency, which lasted from 1788 to 1796, his decision to step down, and the publication of his “Farewell Address.” It also covers the presidential elections of 17, in which John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, respectively, were elected as president. Completing a trilogy of books that began with Founding Brothers, The Cause returns us to the very heart of the American founding, telling the military and political story of the war for independence from the ground up, and from all sides: British and American, loyalist and patriot, white and Black. The book mentions that the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was the nation’s other “Founding Moment.” Several of the book’s most significant events occur in 1790, including the Compromise of 1790 and the delivery of petitions to Congress calling for the restriction and abolition of slavery that same year. Many significant historical events are covered in the book, beginning with the Revolutionary War and the achievement of Independence in 1776. ![]()
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