1, George Washington
George Washington was born into a farmer's family in Virginia. I worked as a land surveyor when I was young. During the seven-year war between Britain and France for the North American colony, I took part in the war against France, showed extraordinary military talent, and was promoted to colonel. Later, he was elected to the Virginia legislature. After the outbreak of the War of Independence, on June 1775, at the Second Continental Congress, Washington was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Under extremely difficult conditions, he organized a group of loose militia, and after training, he established the first regular army in North America. With tenacious perseverance and flexible tactics, Washington commanded and organized many major battles in 10.
After six and a half years of hard struggle, he finally won the war of independence at178110+019, and made immortal contributions to American national liberation. He is also known as the "father of America" by the American people. 1789, Washington was unanimously elected as the first president of the United States. 1793 re-elected, and refused to run for the third president after the expiration. 1797 retired, 1799 died in his former residence, Mount Vernon.
2. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born into a farmer's family in Virginia. Young people are deeply influenced by European enlightenment thinkers. Before the war of independence, he publicized revolutionary ideas with sharp writing, and was regarded as a dangerous person by the American colonial authorities and blacklisted. June 1776, 1 1, was elected chairman of the drafting committee of the declaration of independence by the continental congress. From June 1 1 to June 28th, he worked behind closed doors and devoted himself to drafting the famous Declaration of Independence.
On July 4th, the Continental Congress adopted this landmark document by an overwhelming majority, which was Jefferson's most important contribution to American independence. He has done many things for his country in his life. He was governor of Virginia, ambassador to France, secretary of state, vice president and the third president of the United States. 1826 On July 4th, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this outstanding American statesman and thinker passed away in his hometown.
3. Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born into a family of craftsmen in Boston. Because his family was poor, he only studied at school for two years, and then dropped out to be an apprentice. During this period, he scrimped and saved money to buy books, often borrowed books from relatives and friends, and studied hard. When he was young, he worked as a compositor, opened a printing house and library, organized the North American Philosophy Society and invented the lightning rod. Therefore, he became a European and American scholar before the War of Independence. After the outbreak of the War of Independence, Franklin resolutely severed all ties with Britain and donated his property to the cause of independence. He participated in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, made contributions to rectifying the postal service and solving the problem of military supply, and also did a lot of work to strengthen municipal management. But his most outstanding contribution in the war of independence was in diplomacy.
From 1776 to 1785, Franklin visited France. He used his intelligence and reputation to win wide sympathy and support from Paris society, got a lot of arms, and solved the urgent need of war. He took advantage of the contradictions between countries in the European continent and adopted flexible diplomatic means to win the direct participation of France, Spain and the Netherlands, thus winning valuable allies for the struggling American soldiers and civilians. Thanks to his efforts, other European countries, led by Russia, have also issued statements to declare armed neutrality, thus undermining Britain's blockade of the United States at sea and plunging Britain into unprecedented international isolation. All these have created extremely favorable international conditions for the victory of the American War of Independence. 178 1 year, Franklin took advantage of the contradiction between Britain and France to talk privately with Britain, and finally signed the Anglo-American Peace Treaty of Paris in 1783, forcing Britain to recognize American independence.
In his later years, Franklin was too ill to work, but he often expressed his political opinions and offered suggestions for the government. On April 1790, American patriot, great scientist and outstanding diplomat passed away. More than 20,000 people attended the funeral, which fully reflected the reverence and love of the American people.
Of course, these "three founding masters" all have historical limitations of their classes, but we should not be harsh on our predecessors.