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Summary Of Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation By Joseph J. Ellis

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Joseph J. Ellis was born on July 18 1943 in Washington, D.C., he was a noted historian of the early American history and an award winning author. Ellis won the Pulitzer in the year 2001 for his famous book entitled Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. He also wrote many other books such as First Family: Abigail and John Adams; American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson; His Excellency: George Washington; Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams; American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic; etc. Before Ellis was able to write these books he earned a Bachelor’s of arts at the college of William and Mary in the year 1965. Later on he also received a Ph. D, a Masters of Arts, and …show more content…

Ellis’s thesis for the book Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation was that the United States of America was not the way it is today which is a strong “united” nation that does discriminate. Also, related to that thesis Ellis believed that in the only way in which the United States to work out as a strong country all the states are going to have to remain together and worked as one. I believe that Ellis was right by writing the book under the thesis that the United States of America would have never worked out to be the strong nation that it is today if it were not for all of the states working together as one a compromising. In other words, our country would have never become the great country that it is today if it was not for all the states working together and compromising in order to have the government that we have today. Also, the author more than likely wrote this book to show people that if it were not for the events and discoveries that are included in the book we would have never been what we are today which is a great powerful …show more content…

Many of the people that were mentioned in the book are a part of the Founding Fathers such as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Elbridge Gerry, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Rush and George Washington. These are some of the people that had such a great impact on creating what is now known the United States of America. The Founding Brothers the Revolutionary Generation was divided into seven different sections (The Generation, The Duel, The Dinner, etc.) it also uses many techniques that help show that both the people and the historical events that are included in the book helped create the United States of American. In each of the seven paragraphs that the book has it talks about a different historical events and

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