founding era
Nation's birth time
The founding era is the period surrounding the creation of a nation's government, particularly the United States from roughly the 1760s through the 1790s.
The term encompasses the Revolution, the Constitutional Convention, and the establishment of the new republic.
Constitutional originalists often invoke founding era understanding to interpret the document's meaning.
- Declaration of IndependenceAmerica's founding proclamation
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- Thomas JeffersonThird American president
- Common SenseRevolutionary War propaganda text
- John AdamsSecond American chief executive
George Washington · Abigail Adams · John Jay · U.S. Constitution · Samuel Adams · Continental Congress · James Madison · Federalist Papers · Benjamin Franklin · Bill of Rights · Articles of Confederation · Alexander Hamilton · Treaty of Paris · Patrick Henry · Boston Tea Party · Stamp Act · Constitutional Convention · Liberty
founding eramodern era
Current historical period
modern times · twenty-first century · the present · contemporary era · modern age
founding eradecline and fall
Gradual loss then collapse
late-stage · end times · twilight years · institutional decay · final days
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