Revolutionary War Leaders
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The First American President: Setting the Precedent
When George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States of America, the parameters and power of the president were to be...
George Washington
Learn about the life of George Washington, the military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States...
Marquis de Lafayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, better known simply as the Marquis de Lafayette, was born into an extremely noble family in Chavaniac, France...
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17, 1706. Growing up, Franklin came from a modest family and was one of seventeen...
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell in the colony of Virginia on April 13, 1743. Jefferson's father, Peter Jefferson, was self-taught and decided...
Alexander Hamilton
Born a bastard (illegitimate) child on January 11, 1755 or 1757, to Scotsman James Hamilton and Rachel Fawcett Levine on the British colonial island...
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