Benjamin Franklin
(Boston, 1706 - Filadelfia, 1790) Poltico, cientfico e
inventor estadounidense. Estudioso de la electricidad y de
cuanto atrajo su inters, inventor del pararrayos y de otros
tiles artefactos, honesto y eficiente hombre pblico y
destacado artfice de la independencia de los Estados
Unidos, Benjamin Franklin fue acaso el personaje ms
querido de su tiempo en su pas y el nico americano de la
poca colonial britnica que alcanz fama y notoriedad en
Europa. Slo desde la admiracin es posible aproximarse a
su figura, y al mismo tiempo es difcil pensar en Franklin sin
experimentar una sensacin de calor humano.
George Washington
Fue el primer Presidente de los Estados Unidos entre 1789 y
1797 y Comandante en Jefe del Ejrcito Continental
revolucionario en la Guerra de la Independencia de los
Estados Unidos (1775-1783). En los Estados Unidos se le
considera el Padre de la Patria. Es considerado uno de los
Padres Fundadores de los Estados Unidos junto con John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay,
Thomas Jefferson y James Madison.
Thomas Jefferson
(13 de abril de 1743-4 de julio de 1826) fue el tercer
presidente de los Estados Unidos de Amrica, ocupando el
cargo entre 1801 y 1809. Se le considera uno de los Padres
Fundadores de la Nacin. Su eminencia viene dada porque
fue el principal autor de la Declaracin de Independencia de
los Estados Unidos de 1776. Jefferson fue uno de los Padres
Fundadores ms influyentes, conocido por su promocin de
los ideales del republicanismo en los Estados Unidos.
Anticip la visin de Estados Unidos de Amrica como el
respaldo de un gran imperio de la libertad.
Abraham Lincoln
Fue un poltico estadounidense, decimosexto presidente de
los Estados Unidos y primero por el Partido Republicano.
Como un fuerte oponente de la expansin de la esclavitud
en los Estados Unidos, Lincoln gan la nominacin del
Partido Republicano en 1860 y fue elegido presidente a
finales de ese ao. Durante su perodo, ayud a preservar
los Estados Unidos por la derrota de los secesionistas
Estados Confederados de Amrica en la Guerra Civil
estadounidense.
Noah Webster
Fue un lexicgrafo, editor, escritor poltico y de libros de texto estadounidense ,
reconocido como el padre de la escolaridad y educacin norteamericana. Sus
libros de primeras letras de tapa azul ayudaron a aprender a leer a cinco
generaciones en Estados Unidos, y all su apellido se ha convertido en sinnimo
de "diccionario", a partir de la publicacin del An American
Dictionary of the English Language en 1828.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin
Franklin
(January
17,
1706
[O.S.
January 6, 1705]
April
17,
1790) was one
of the Founding
Fathers of the
United States.
A
renowned
polymath,
Franklin was a
leading author,
printer, political
theorist,
politician,
freemason,
postmaster,
scientist,
inventor,
civic
activist,
statesman, and
diplomat. As a
scientist, he was
a major figure
in the American
Enlightenment
and the history
of physics for
his discoveries
and
theories
regarding
electricity.
As
an inventor, he
is known for
the
lightning
rod,
bifocals,
and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic
organizations, including Philadelphia's fire department and a university.
George Washington
George Washington (February
22, 1732 [O.S. February 11,
1731] December 14, 1799)
was the first President of the
United States (178997), the
Commander-in-Chief
of
the
Continental Army during the
American Revolutionary War,
and one of the Founding Fathers
of the United States. He
presided over the convention
that drafted the current United
States Constitution and during
his lifetime was called the
"father of his country".
Widely admired for his strong
leadership qualities, Washington
was
unanimously
elected
president in the first two
national elections. He oversaw the creation of a strong, well-financed
national government that maintained neutrality in the French
Revolutionary Wars, suppressed the Whiskey Rebellion, and won
acceptance among Americans of all types.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S.
April 2] 1743 July 4, 1826)
was an American Founding
Father who was principal author
of
the
Declaration
of
Independence (1776). He was
elected
the
second
Vice
President of the United States
(17971801), serving under
John Adams and in 1800 was
elected third President (1801
09). Jefferson was a proponent
of democracy, republicanism,
and individual rights, which
motivated American colonists
to break from Great Britain and
form
a
new
nation.
He
produced formative documents
and decisions at both the state
and national level. Jefferson
mastered many disciplines which ranged from surveying and
mathematics to horticulture and inventions. He was a proven architect in
the classical tradition
Abraham Lincoln
(February 12, 1809 April 15,
1865) was the 16th President
of the United States, serving
from March 1861 until his
assassination in April 1865.
Lincoln led the United States
through its Civil Warits
bloodiest war and an event
often considered its greatest
moral,
constitutional,
and
political crisis. In doing so, he
preserved the Union, abolished
slavery,
strengthened
the
federal
government,
and
modernized
the
economy.
Lincoln pushed a moderate
view
of
Reconstruction,
seeking to reunite the nation
speedily through a policy of
generous reconciliation in the
face of lingering and bitter
divisiveness. Lincoln has been
consistently ranked both by
scholars and the public as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents.
Noah Webster
Noah Webster, Jr. (October 16,
1758 May 28, 1843) was an
American
lexicographer,
textbook
pioneer,
Englishlanguage
spelling
reformer,
political
writer,
editor,
and
prolific author. He has been
called the "Father of American
Scholarship and Education". His
blue-backed speller books taught
five generations of American
children how to spell and read,
secularizing
their
education.
According to Ellis (1979), he gave
Americans "a secular catechism
to the nation-state."
Webster's name has become
synonymous with "dictionary" in
the United States, especially the
modern
Merriam-Webster
dictionary
that
was
first
published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language.
