Modern+Personalities+of+the+Founding+Brothers

Hello everyone! I found some interesting parallels with the book and life, and so I thought I'd share them... I was thinking about the book today, and trying to figure out which one of these founding brothers I could relate to the most. It was more difficult than I thought, so I decided to get more detailed and figure out at what particular places I disagreed or agreed with them. Here are the topics I found that brought some of them together, and separated some into different groups. Then, I was thinking about how we could relate this to the 21st century and our school, and so I put their topics in more modern terms. I don’t know if this will lead to anything, but I just thought it would be an interesting experiment to see how our personalities line up with the personalities of the founding fathers. If you want, please add your name under any of the positions you would take, add to the list if you think of any more ideas, and please correct me if I wrote something wrong. Thanks--see you soon! :) --Sarah

﻿1. setting in which they grew up A. Hamilton, Adams (New York/New England cities) vs. B. Madison, Jefferson, Washington (Virginia countryside) ﻿where grew up A. (mainly city) ﻿B. (mainly country) Sarah, Mr. P

﻿﻿2. manner of debating issues ﻿A. Adams, Hamilton (like to argue) vs. B. Jefferson, Madison (like to use more harmonious statements) ﻿﻿manner of debating issues ﻿A. oh-oh...Mr. P! ﻿B. Sarah 

3. relation to England A. Jay, Hamilton, Washington, Adams (agreeing, using wisdom from it as an example) vs. B. Jefferson, Madison (revolting to anything that might lead to same condition) relation to mother country (parents/previous home) ﻿A. Sarah, Mr. P <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿B.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿4. if served in Revolutionary war as a soldier <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. Adams, Washington, Hamilton, Burr (yes) vs. B. Jefferson, Madison (no) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿if went through difficult sports training with fellow classmates/difficult classes together <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿A. Sarah <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">﻿B.Oops...I DIDN'T go to Vietnam!(Mr. P)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. way of life <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. Adams, Hamilton (paperwork, banking) vs. B. Jefferson, Madison, Washington (farmers) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">unsure how to modernize this one... <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A.Mr. P is a former "Wall Street" type! <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. realism or idealism ? <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. Adams, Washington (accepting realities of the times) vs. B. Jefferson, Madison (basing all policies on ideals, no matter if they are practical or not) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A.Mr. P (is this bad?) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B. Sarah

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. opinion on partisanship <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. Adams, Washington (defiance, not categorizing themselves by a party) vs. B. Jefferson, Madison (believing that it was inevitable that people separate into parties) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">opinion on groups/political parties <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. (not thinking of self as part of a group) Sarah <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">B. (identifying self with group)Mr. P (definitely a "party" animal!) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks Sarah...great idea.

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