Founding Fathers of the United States

Founding Fathers of the United States	Founding Fathers of the United States
1760s–1820s 	1760s–1820s
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The Committee of Five (Adams, Livingston, Sherman, Jefferson, and Franklin) present their draft of the Declaration of Independenceto the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on June 28, 1776, as depicted in John Trumbull's 1819 portrait	https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg/220px-Declaration_of_Independence_%281819%29%2C_by_John_Trumbull.jpg
The Committee of Five (Adams, Livingston, Sherman, Jefferson, and Franklin) present their draft of the Declaration of Independenceto the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on June 28, 1776, as depicted in John Trumbull's 1819 portrait
Location 	The Thirteen Colonies
Including 	Signers of the Declaration of Independence (1776), Articles of Confederation (1781), and United States Constitution (1789)
Leader(s) 	
* John Adams
* Samuel Adams
* Benjamin Franklin
* Alexander Hamilton
* John Hancock
* John Jay
* Thomas Jefferson
* Patrick Henry
* Richard Henry Lee
* Robert R. Livingston
* James Madison
* George Mason
* Robert Morris
* Peyton Randolph
* Roger Sherman
* George Washington
Key events 	
* Stamp Act
* Boston Tea Party
* Intolerable Acts
* American Revolutionary War
* Lee Resolution
* Declaration of Independence
* Treaty of Paris
* United States Constitution
* Bill of Rights