Founding Fathers

Why are these men called the Founding Fathers?

• They had a lot of children.

• They were leaders of the American Revolution, brought independence to America, and made America into a new nation.

• They found fathers who were lost.

The Constitution is the set of laws we live by. It says how our ​ (a)   works.

• government
• signature
• author

The group that met to write the Constitution is called the ​ (a)  

• framers.
• Constitutioners
• inventors

Benjamin Franklin was a ​​ (a)   of both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

• signer
• author
• father

​​ (a)   was a great inventor and is on the $100 bill.

• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

George Washington is known as the Father of our ​ (a)  

• Country
• White House
• Constitution

​ (a)   led the American army during the Revolutionary War and is on the $1 bill and the quarter.

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin

John Adams was the first president to live in the

• White House

• country

• government

​ (a)   was the first vice president of the United States.

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Patrick Henry

Thomas Jefferson was the ​ (a)   of the Declaration of Independence.

• author
• inventor
• surveyor