Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis



The Founding brothers of our nation being Hamilton, Burr, Jefferspm,Franklin, Washington, Adams and Madison they all made it through challenges that made our nation the way it is today. This would make them heros. Founding Brothers shows the leadership that this country has. The founding brothers of this country would be the heros and also the leaders. Being a part of this nation shows that everyone believes in what these people did for this counrty. The historical part of this book shows that there are many events in this countries history that show we have leaders.


These people that are the "Founding Brothers" of this nation show the quilties of being leaders. Thats what brought this country to where it is. During the book there was a part about the Quaker delegation they petitioned the House of Representatives to end the African save trade immediately. This was showing the leadership that we have. Another time where these "brothers" showed there leadership, was when Geroge Washington decided he wasn't going to run again for president. Benjamin Franklin stood up and helped with everything that was going on. Also the leadership showed up again during Geroge Washington's second term as president. The significance of this theme of leadership in this book is to show that our country has founding brothers, everything didn't just appear out of no where.



The events that happened in Founding Brothers are the events that lead us to today in this nation. The Founding brothers showed things through them being the president at a certian time. Things that they did were like After Jeffersons daughter died he took the letter that she left for her family and made it into something that he could forgive himself for. Also after eveything that Geroge Washington did for the country he didn't run again for president. He thought that it would be better for someone else to take over and try to make an even bigger impact. Being a leader in all of these situations was a big deal for these people, it wasn't easy. Proving that they could do it they made everything that we have today possible.



The relationship between the leadership and what people thought about this wasn't hard to see in founding brothers. Everyone thought that these people did good at what they were doing. Like Geroge Washington show how he could lead this country into a big nation that would do very well in the world. People didn't realize this at the time but after reading the book you can see what they did for us.
The significance of the perspective in this book shows the theme really well the leaders were the leaders then and they still are now.





These people like Geroge Washington and Thomas Jefferson are the figures of this natons. The leaders of this nation. This theme has been know throughout history. Being a leader is something people do everyday. The leaders in this book were the leaders than and they still are today. The Important thing about this theme is a everyday person could be a leader, it doesn't have to be a really smart person.