One of the boldest American political thinkers of his time,Hamilton developed the
doctrine of implied powers,which supports a liberal interpretation of the U.S,
Constitution,He also served as the nation’s first secretary of the treasury.
Alexander Hamilton
(1755~1804)
The fourth U.S,president,Because of his central role in the Constitutional Convention,he
became known as the,Father of the Constitution.” As a congressman from Virginia,he
sponsored the first ten Amendments known as the Bill of Rights,Madison,a strong
supporter of human rights,was by nature a mediator,He kept the United States out of war
with Napoleon,but reluctantly led the country into another war with Britain in 1812,During
his second term,he encouraged national growth.
James Madison
John Jay had a distinguished career as an American statesman,culminating in his
selection as the first chief justice of the United States in 1789,In 1782 he helped negotiate
the Treaty of Paris,which ended the American Revolution,In 1794,while chief justice,he
went to Britain and negotiated Jay's Treaty,which averted another war with Britain,After his
return,he resigned as chief justice because he had been elected governor of New York.
John Jay
(1745~1829)
George Washington
(1732~1799)
Founding Father of the
United States;
Delivered his inaugural
Address in New York City
On April 30,1789
On September 17,1796
Peacefully turned over the
Power of the presidency to
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
Distinguished member of the
Continental Congress that
drafted the Declaration of
Independence
He and John Jay and John
Adams negotiated the Treaty
of Paris (1783),
which ended the War for
Independence,
Thomas Jefferson
(1743~1826)
Author of the Declaration
of Independence and
third president of the
United States Nation’s
greatest champion of
representative democracy
and the rights of man The
most eloquent spokesman
on the founding principles
of American self-
government