Friendship and Conflict: The Relationship of the U.S. "Founding Fathers"

For political and personal reasons, including clashing egos and opposing ideologies, the revolution of the founding fathers failed. However, the nation they started did not. The accomplishments of Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, and the other founders cannot be understated; they crafted a viable country that became a leading world power.39

1.) Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Cambridge: Belknap, 1992), 24.

2.) Ibid.

3.) Ibid, 28.

4.) Gordon S. Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution (New York: Vintage, 1993), 204-210.

5.) David McCullough, John Adams (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), 192.

6.) Prof. McConville, Republicanism, 10/20/08.

7.) Ibid.

8.) Stanly Elkins and Eric McKittrick, The Age of Federalism (New York: Oxford Press, 1993), 451.

9.) Ibid., 22.

10.) Gordon S. Wood, The Radicalism of the American Revolution (New York: Vintage, 1993), 229.

11.) Bernard Bailyn, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Cambridge: Belknap, 1992), 335-338.

12.) Stanly Elkins and Eric McKittrick, The Age of Federalism (New York: Oxford Press, 1993), 93.

13.) Prof. McConville, Hamilton, 11/12/08.

14.) Joseph Ellis, Founding Brothers (New York: Vintage, 2002), 140.

15.) Ibid.

16.) Stanly Elkins and Eric McKittrick, The Age of Federalism (New York: Oxford Press, 1993), 264.

17.) Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin, 2004), 330-331.

18.) Joseph Ellis, Founding Brothers (New York: Vintage, 2002), 65.

19.) Prof. McConville, Party Politics, 11/10/08.

20.) Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin, 2004), 351-352.

21.) Ibid., 374-375. 

22.) Prof. McConville, The 3 Georges, 11/3/07.

23.) Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin, 2004), 393.

24.) Ibid., 459.

25.) Roger Kennedy, Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson (New York: Oxford, 2000), 120.

26.) Joseph Ellis, Founding Brothers (New York: Vintage, 2002), 142.

27.) David McCullough, John Adams (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), 436.

28.) Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin, 2004), 395.

29.) David McCullough, John Adams (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), 436.

30.) Ibid., 442-443.

31.) Joseph Ellis, Founding Brothers (New York: Vintage, 2002), 135-136.

32.) David McCullough, John Adams (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001), 448.

33.) Ibid., 600-608.

34.) Joseph Ellis, Founding Brothers (New York: Vintage, 2002), 32-33.

35.) Ibid., 33.

36.) Ibid., 35.

37.) Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin, 2004).

38.) Joseph Ellis, Founding Brothers (New York: Vintage, 2002), 32.

39.) Prof. McConville, The Last of the Fathers, 12/8/08.

40.) Chernow, Alexander Hamilton (New York: Penguin, 2004), 390.