Thanking our Founding Fathers

Author’s: Note: This writing piece in for the Patriot’s Pen Contest.  Each student is required to write an essay on a certain topic.   The topic for this year is “What would you say to the Founding Fathers Today”.  I do not know if I am going to enter the contest or not, but I hope to give my best effort in writing on this writing piece.  I am going to try to work on my transitions into each paragraph and using the correct tence.

Everything has a creator. Basketball was created by Dr. James Naismith. Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg and the United States of America was founded by the seven founding fathers who were John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George Washington.  All of these men had one goal in mind, and that was to have their creation be successful.  If there is one word that the founding fathers should be told, that would be success. 

With a style of government, you either have a successful one or an unsuccessful one. The founding fathers were trying to create a simple but effective government.  These seven gentleman wanted their government to be citizen run.  They also wanted citizens to have the choice on who they want to be in charge. Also they believed that it should not differ what your skin color or gender is; anyone can be a part of the government.  Plus, these men created three documents that list our rights and what the laws are for being an American. The documents were The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution and The Bill of Rights.  Even though people these days think we have an awful government, they supply us with many things that we need in order to live the American dream such as access to transportation, public healthcare and an education. Many other countries don't have what we have and we are lucky to have what we have.

Besides government, another great success that the founding fathers had was their determination.  Not just in their hearts, but in the hearts of the American people.  I believe this is true because before we were even a nation, we were involved in a war called The Revolutionary War.  We were not favored to win this war against the mighty British, but we still pulled it out.  We have great determination in the battle field and in our own land.  The American people have great determination because even though these past ten years have been hard on everyone, people still get up early in the morning, going to work and having success at what they do.  These people do this because they want to keep this country moving, even during a bad time.

Both government and determination are very important; but our freedom is most important. These seven men helped secure our freedom.  Each person has their own definition of freedom, but the founding fathers thought that we should not be ruled by another country and that the government can’t control us. With laws, they gave us the abilities to have Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press and much more.  If we did not have these freedoms than we would not know what to do, and we would think that the government actually controlled us.  These laws have been put in place so that we have guidelines that we need to follow and live by so the each person can live the American dream.  Freedom is the most important thing in the world because it lets us do what want with our lives.  We should be very fortunate to have freedom, because there are some countries that do not have it. 

Overall, these seven men helped create our country and what it is about.  Without these seven men our country would be a lot different.  We could have a completely different style of government and we might not be able to worship what we believe.  It has taken a while for us to get to the point that we are at now, but it has been worth it.  So much time has been spend into making what we are now. No country is perfect, certainly not the United States America, but we are working towards that stage because that is what the founding fathers wanted. There are many things that we could tell the founding fathers, but I would tell them is; success.

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