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Synopsis Of The Movie 'Founding Brothers' By Joseph Ellis

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Founding Fathers The Book turned movie, Founding Brothers, by Joseph Ellis, has seven parts; The Generation, The Duel, The Dinner, The Silence, The Farewell, The Collaboration and The Friendship, each showing us a key part of history that determined the present state of the United States of America. The book focuses on five main players including Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and Aaron Burr as well as aspects of the rule of George Washington. Throughout the book, Ellis emphasizes that the foundation of the nation was built upon the will and ability of the founding brothers (and others) in settling issues that arose through various debates. This in turn caused the key players to attack each other personally through slander but nonetheless, no actual blood was spilled in the process. …show more content…

For example the private dinner that enabled the Hamilton and Madison have an agreement that the state’s debt would be dealt with by the federal government and in turn America’s capital would be moved to somewhere in the Potomac River area. There was also an attempt to deal with the issue of slavery by Congress that failed to succeed due to how the Northern states and Southern states differed on the issue. Aside from this, there were several events that led to shifting alliances that joined various founding brothers or broke them apart like when Washington and Hamilton had an alliance, or Madison had one with Jefferson, and so many others. Aside from this, we also see how various sides were formed. This is especially shown by how Hamilton stood for a centralized government and how Jefferson was more of a republican (Bobrick,

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Founding Brothers In the "Founding Brothers" by Joseph Ellis he tries to tell us a story about our founding fathers and their great generation. He tells us about some of our founding fathers and what they had to do to set the frame work for our government today. He also talks about some of the issues they face and how they will later dissolve into issues to follow later. These leaders are considered to be our revolutionary leaders. They argued that succession from the British empire is enviable.

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Thus some of the founding father would turn against each one another, making them bitter enemies. It turned once close friends, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams against each other and ultimately lead Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr to duel in order to settle their own disagreements. Larson would also recreate the experience of election and the constant uncertainty on both sides, with leads switching back and forth, and the both parties constantly working to get electoral votes. Even Congress would not be immune to the heat of the election, and it would hold many sessions in the time before Inauguration Day in order to resolve the crisis of the uncertainty left after the votes were cast. The contest between two very distinct political views would be so great that some of the participants would later call it “America’s second revolution”.

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Despite the thirteen colonies defeating Great Britain and gaining independence, new problems erupted regarding how their new nation should be governed. Founding Brothers, written by Joseph Ellis, highlights the challenges the founding fathers faced when attempting to establish a functioning government. Although there were many differing ideas, the widely known men discovered a middle ground allowing them to combat the challenges both at home and abroad, which resulted in the United States of America. Compromises were reached when solving a conflict, but before that stage, the founding brothers had many differing ideas preventing them to move forward. For example, the Compromise of 1790 was discussed with Madison and Hamilton over dinner hosted

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