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The fact the country on the whole grew and became so important would be the true picture. Maybe them seeing a LA or Bay area would blow their minds the most as they would not have even been able to comprehend that 35 million Americans live on the other coast in a place called CA
After watching the series, Sons of Liberty, the past few nights I've been on a history itch. I live in Philadelphia, and often think what it would be like to bring Ben Franklin back to our present city which he most certainly influenced and see what he thinks. I think it would be great to take all of the founding fathers on a tour of each of these cities and see what their impression was.
My choice would be Boston. It was the heart of the revolution, and today stands as one our nation's most forefront cities leading in education and healthcare. It is a very educated city and continues to grow rapidly but remains true to its roots.
What do you think? If you were to take all the founding fathers for a trip to these cities, what would they think?
They would probably be shocked and horrified at what the entire country has become. I could quote Franklin and the others but let's no go there right now. They'd probably break down and cry and stage a massive coup which might I add should've happened over 100 years ago.
Of course the Founders would be ashamed of this. They set the country up with those abomination and many others.
I would be careful what I say if I were you. Many don't realize it, but the Founding Fathers were largely against slavery & didn't want it in our Constitution. The only reason it made its way in was because NC, SC, & GA said they would secede if it wasn't in the Constitution. Although women's rights were a different issue, it has been said that Dolly Madison asked James Madison to fight for women's rights during the Constitutional Convention, although he gained some support, it wasn't wide enough to be out into the Constitution. You all have to remember that this was the time of the Enlightenment, the educated men of this time were very very liberal & open minded
I would be careful what I say if I were you. Many don't realize it, but the Founding Fathers were largely against slavery & didn't want it in our Constitution. The only reason it made its way in was because NC, SC, & GA said they would secede if it wasn't in the Constitution. Although women's rights were a different issue, it has been said that Dolly Madison asked James Madison to fight for women's rights during the Constitutional Convention, although he gained some support, it wasn't wide enough to be out into the Constitution. You all have to remember that this was the time of the Enlightenment, the educated men of this time were very very liberal & open minded
I would be careful what I say if I were you. Many don't realize it, but the Founding Fathers were largely against slavery & didn't want it in our Constitution. The only reason it made its way in was because NC, SC, & GA said they would secede if it wasn't in the Constitution. Although women's rights were a different issue, it has been said that Dolly Madison asked James Madison to fight for women's rights during the Constitutional Convention, although he gained some support, it wasn't wide enough to be out into the Constitution. You all have to remember that this was the time of the Enlightenment, the educated men of this time were very very liberal & open minded
They were not "very very liberal." They were not even remotely liberal. There were anti-miscegenation laws in full affect throughout the late 1800s in northern states and into the mid-1900s in Southern states. Quotes from Lincoln, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson among others would be enough to end their careers in the vile freak show this country's become today. While northern leaders generally were more liberal than Southerners they were hardly what anybody could honestly call "liberal" when they were further right than most of the right is today.
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