Christianity, Founding Fathers and Shaping the United States
The establishment of the United States was a period deeply ingrained with religious conviction. To see how deep it goes, one can simply start studying the founding of each colony, and what they believed in. By reading through the founding documents and personal beliefs of each of the key architects of American Democracy, it is easy to see that they were influence by Christian beliefs. These beliefs would go on to shape the nation's founding documents and governance structures. My blog explores the personal religious beliefs of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, and in turn examining how their faith informed their political ideologies and actions. George Washington: Ever the Faithful Leader George Washington is called the "Father of His Country," a man who fought to ensure that freedom would be ensured for a brand-new country and continued to serve even after the Revolutionary war as the first President....