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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. In October 1753 Dinwiddie appointed Washington as a special envoy to demand that the French vacate territory which the British had claimed.[e] Dinwiddie also appointed him to make peace with the Iroquois Confederacy and to gather intelligence about the French forces. Washington met with Half-King Tanacharison and other Iroquois chiefs at Logstown to secure their promise of support against the French and his party reached the Ohio River in November They were intercepted by a French patrol and escorted to Fort Le Boeuf where Washington was received in a friendly manner He delivered the British demand to vacate to French commander Saint-Pierre but the French refused to leave Saint-Pierre gave Washington his official answer in a sealed envelope after a few days' delay and he gave Washington's party food and extra winter clothing for the trip back to Virginia. Washington completed the precarious mission in 77 days in difficult winter conditions and achieved a measure of distinction when his report was published in Virginia and London. By contrast the Seminole welcomed into their nation African Americans who had escaped slavery (Black Seminoles) Historically the Black Seminoles lived mostly in distinct bands near the Native American Seminole Some were held as slaves of particular Seminole leaders Seminole practice in Florida had acknowledged slavery though not the chattel slavery model common elsewhere it was in fact more like feudal dependency and taxation the relationship between Seminole blacks and natives changed following their relocation in the 1830s to territory controlled by the Creek who had a system of chattel slavery Pro slavery pressure from Creek and pro-Creek Seminole and slave raiding led to many Black Seminoles escaping to Mexico; In Pennsylvania New Jersey and New Hampshire the resulting constitutions embodied: The Amistad.

Several hundred Bottle-nosed Dolphins live six months of the year (from mid-April through mid-October) in the Potomac Depicted here a mother with her young. . . . ; .