Welcome to Founders Online
Brought to you by a generous grant from the Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation, Founders Online is a repository of information about twelve of America's Founders. Using audio clips, biographical essays, classroom activities, videos, and even Flash-based games, this section of the BillofRightsInstitute.org site highlights some of the most well-known Founders, and also sheds light on lesser-known ones. Please select any of the Founders here to vist their page, or select from the resources below you are interested in.
Founding Resources
- A Note on the Signers of the Declaration of Independence
- "Madison's Notes are Missing" - A flash activity that takes users back in time to the Constitutional Convention. The
time-traveler will ask questions of the Founders and report their
findings in a news story. Each Founder is voiced and animated.
A screenshot of Madison's Notes are Missing
- Founder's Quote Matching - Another flash activity where will identify important phrases that were used by the Founders. Each
quote is matched with its Founder by dragging it from the bottom box
into the speech bubble above.
A screenshot of Founder's Quote Matching
- Founders and the Constitution (To view this seven minute video, download Windows Media Player)
Individual Founders
Learn more about the individual contributions of twelve of the Founders. Select the name of the Founder from the quick navigation links below to view their resource page or scroll down the page for a listing of all the resources available by Founder.
John Adams | Samuel Adams | Alexander Hamilton | Patrick Henry
Thomas
Jefferson | James Madison | GeorgeMason | Gouverneur Morris
James Otis | Thomas Paine | George Washington | John Witherspoon
John Adams - Massachusetts
artist – Asher B. Durand after Gilbert Stuart |
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Alexander Hamilton - New York
artist – John Trumbull |
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Patrick Henry - Virginia
artist - George Bagby Matthews |
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Thomas Jefferson - Virginia
artist – Charles Willson Peale |
Resources
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James Madison - Virginia
artist – Gilbert Stuart |
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George Mason - Virginia
artist – Dominic Boudet |
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Gouverneur Morris - Pennsylvania
artist – Edward Dalton Marchant |
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James Otis - Massachusetts
artist – Robert S. Chase |
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George Washington - Virginia
artist – J. Peale after C.W. Peale |
Resources
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John Witherspoon - New Jersey
artist – Charles Willson Peale |
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