Founding Fathers of the United States
1. Benjamin Franklin - Inventor, diplomat, and the oldest Founding Father
2. Roger Sherman - Only person to sign all three founding documents
3. Samuel Adams - Leader of the Boston Tea Party
4. George Mason - Father of the Bill of Rights
5. George Washington - Commander-in-Chief and the 1st U.S. President
6. Richard Henry Lee - Introduced the resolution for American independence
7. John Adams - 2nd U.S. President
8. Paul Revere - Famous for "The Midnight Ride"
9. Patrick Henry - Known for the quote: "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
10. John Hancock - Known for the largest signature on the Declaration of Independence
11. Thomas Paine - Author of *Common Sense*
12. Charles Carroll - Last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence
13. Thomas Jefferson - Principal author of the Declaration of Independence
14. John Jay - First Chief Justice of the United States
15. Benjamin Rush - Known as the Father of American Medicine
16. James Madison - Father of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
17. Gouverneur Morris - Wrote the final wording of the U.S. Constitution
18. Alexander Hamilton - First U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
19. John Marshall - Influential Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
20. James Monroe - 5th U.S. President