Founding Fathers of the United States

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/founding-fathers-of-the-united-states

1. Who wrote Founding Fathers of the United States?
2. When was Founding Fathers of the United States built?
3. What is the location of thirteen colonies?
4. What is the primary ancestral origins?
5. Why did the Founding Fathers want a new government instead of staying under Britain?
6. How did the Founding Fathers use the geography of the colonies to help the revolution?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote Founding Fathers of the United States?Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution of the United States
2. When was Founding Fathers of the United States built?Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
3. What is the location of thirteen colonies?Eastern coast of North America
4. What is the primary ancestral origins?England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Dutch settlers
5. Why did the Founding Fathers want a new government instead of staying under Britain?They believed in natural rights and popular sovereignty and wanted a republic that would protect people from tyranny, so they wrote the Declaration and Constitution.
6. How did the Founding Fathers use the geography of the colonies to help the revolution?They used coastal waterways and roads to share ideas and coordinate resistance, making the Atlantic a helpful trade route and a barrier that pushed for independence.

Enlightenment Ideals: Philosophical concepts emphasizing reason, individualism, and natural rights that influenced the Founders.
Popular Sovereignty: The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.
Checks and Balances: A system in government where each branch has some power to limit the powers of the other branches.