"What Would I Tell America's Founding Fathers?"-Allison Andes

Author’s Note: In this essay, America’s Founding Father’s will be revealed, along with my opinion about them. Watch for some strong use of vocabulary and for some information on the Founding Fathers of America.

In some points of my life, I have asked myself, what would I tell America’s founding fathers? Would I say that I am proud of what they have done for our country? Would I say they should regret what they did? The big question is, what would they think of our country now and how it has turned out when they left it? We have many Founding Fathers of America that helped create our nation a free country. We need to let people know about these amazing group of men that we owe to very much.

Some people don’t even know who the founding father’s of America are. They are the people who found the nation after the American Revolution and our Independence was won. Some of the men that helped create our nation were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin and many more. The biggest and most important Founding Father of the United States was George Washington. George Washington had many leadership positions when he was elected president such as Chairman of the Constitutional Convention, Commanding General of the Army, and one of the obvious ones, The President of the USA. The biggest leadership position that George Washington had was helping create the precedents and foundations that would help create and form America. If I had the chance to meet George Washington, I would say thank you for creating a country where we can have a freedom of speech. Thank you to be able to have a government and mostly to be able to say “We The People.”

Another Founding Father of the United States is John Adams. John Adams helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris that helped end the American Revolution. Later on, he was elected vice president and then was later elected the 2nd president of the United States. John Adams was a very important person in the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress. John also had several leadership positions such as statesman, diplomat and the leader of the American Independence from Great Britain. Well educated, he was a politician who supported republicanism. There are a lot of things that John Adams has done to help create America and make it a safe and free country to live in. If I had the chance to go back in time or just being able to see him again, I would say to him that he has done an extraordinary job of keeping America safe and protecting us. He had many occupations in his lifetime that helped keep America on track and moving in the right direction. Saying thank you to him for what he has done would be the greatest day of my life.

In addition to two very important Founding Fathers, another very important one is Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and was the 3rd president of the United States. Thomas Jefferson was another founding father diplomat that was stationed in Paris. Thomas Jefferson also help organize the Republican and Democratic Parties with the help of one of his friends, James Madison. Also, at the beginning of the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson served in the Continental Congress. He was elected vice president in 1796 and was then elected president in 1800 and was re-elected as president in 1804. Thomas Jefferson accommodated many roles that assist the United States and other countries as well such as France when he was appointed to Minister of France. To this founding father of the United States, I would say to him that he has done an amazing job of not only helping out the United States, but helping other countries in need and keeping many things on track.

There were many other founding fathers that created and helped form America. George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the main group of men that lead America in the right direction. In addition to the first three founding fathers, there were 74 men that created America. If I could go back into time and see this group of amazing people, I would say thank you for what you have done for our country. One big question that would be interesting to ask them is what they would think about our country now. I would be intrigued on what they had to say. Without these group of men, America would either not be America or worst of all, not exist. I hope that the politics and Americans today will make the right choices and honor these men by keeping America on the line and not dishonoring them by ruining the land that they created.