Founding Father’s Worksheet #2

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These men played a role in the beginning stages of our country – fondly named the “Founding Fathers”.  Use your resources to learn their first name, date of birth and death, and one interesting fact (cite the source).  Apply what you learn to explain their quote.

 

 

_  _  _  _  _  _ Jefferson

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He said: “My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_  _  _  _  _  Madison

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He said: “We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of government.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

_  _  _  _  _  _  Paine

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He said: “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.”

 

 

 

 

 

_  _  _  _  _  _  Washington

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He said: “I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.”