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The Founding Fathers of the United States or simply the Founding Fathers were a group of American leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies led the war for independence from Great Britain and built a frame of government for the new United States of America upon republican principles during the latter decades of the 18th century Most Founding Fathers at one point considered themselves British subjects; but they came to understand themselves more as patriotic Americans who possessed a spirit distinct from that of their motherland the group was composed of businessmen philosophers politicians plantation owners and writers from a variety of social economic and ethnic backgrounds the Founding Fathers came from a variety of occupations and many (such as John Adams a lawyer and Benjamin Rush a doctor) had no prior political leadership experience, 6.1 Landmarks Despite initial objections from the Whigs and from abolitionists the Mexican war nevertheless united the U.S in a common cause and was fought almost entirely by volunteers the United States Army swelled from just over 6,000 to more than 115,000 the majority of 12-month volunteers in Scott's army decided that a year's fighting was enough and returned to the U.S, The slave owners also argued that banning slavery in new states would upset what they saw as a delicate balance of free states and slave states They feared that ending this balance could lead to the domination of the federal government by the northern free states This led seven southern states to secede from the Union When the southern forces attacked a US Army installation at Fort Sumter the American Civil War began and four additional slave states seceded Northern leaders had viewed the slavery interests as a threat politically but with secession they viewed the prospect of a new Southern nation the Confederate States of America with control over the Mississippi River and parts of the West as politically unacceptable. 1974 82.5% 79,065 3.7% 3,501 From the Mexican Cession the Utah Territory received present-day Utah most of present-day Nevada (everything north of the 37th parallel) a major part of present-day Colorado (everything west of the crest of the Rocky Mountains) and a small part of present-day Wyoming That included the newly founded colony at Salt Lake of Brigham Young the Utah Territory also received some land that had claimed by Texas; this land is now part of present-day Colorado that is east of the crest of the Rocky Mountains. ; . . 7.1 Final days Disenfranchisement Painting by John Trumbull depicting General Washington standing in Maryland State House hall surrounded by statesmen and others resigning his commission, 17.1 Scholarly books Tallahassee Florida chosen as the midpoint between Pensacola and St Augustine Florida - then the two largest cities in Florida, Yogyakarta Indonesia (1946) University of St Andrews: Witherspoon (honorary doctorate); 1820 1,538,022 233,634 1,771,656 13% 9,638,453 18% Robert Morris Pennsylvania 3 Yes Yes Yes John De Hart New Jersey 1 Yes University of Edinburgh: Rush Main article: Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War.

. 1830 2,009,043 319,599 2,328,642 14% 12,860,702 18% The Blue Palace the official residence of Montenegro's president is in Cetinje although the executive and legislature are located in Podgorica, 4 Legal issues Mexico showing no willingness to come to the Nueces to drive the invaders from her soil it became necessary for the "invaders" to approach to within a convenient distance to be struck Accordingly preparations were begun for moving the army to the Rio Grande to a point near Matamoras [sic] it was desirable to occupy a position near the largest centre of population possible to reach without absolutely invading territory to which we set up no claim whatever. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, 4.3 End of slave trade in District of Columbia. The Founding Fathers represented a cross-section of 18th-century U.S leadership According to a study of the biographies by Caroline Robbins:, 3 1790 to 1860 The British sought out the United States Treasury in hopes of finding money or items of worth but they found only old records. They burned the United States Treasury and other public buildings the United States Department of War building was also burned However the War and State Department files had been removed so the books and records had been saved; the only records of the War Department lost were recommendations of appointments for the Army and letters received from seven years earlier the First U.S Patent Office Building was saved by the efforts of William Thornton the former Architect of the Capitol and then the Superintendent of Patents who gained British cooperation to preserve it.[A] "When the smoke cleared from the dreadful attack the Patent Office was the only Government building . left untouched" in Washington; Austin Texas USA (1839) The President's House in Philadelphia was Washington's residence from 1790 to 1797 13 External links Free states in early 1850. .