Federalism was one of the main beliefs of the Founding Fathers. Before the Revolutionary War, the thirteen colonies lacked any integration or central power structure beyond the English monarchy. Even for several years after the Revolutionary war was one, the colonies maintained a loose collaboration under the Articles of Confederation, a body holding no central [...]

Thomas Jefferson was a true renaissance man that was an inventor and known as an expert in law, politics, architecture, philosophy, and writing. Many know him most commonly as the third president of the United States but his most important accomplishments came outside of the presidency. Jefferson was a primary founding father and known to [...]

The Declaration of Independence illustrates for many people the representation of individual rights. In addition, many felt the Constitution to be void of many of the considerations that made the Declaration of Independence great. After the states ratified the Constitution the inaugural congress set to work at the task of James Madison to reestablish the [...]