What man was the most instrumental man in creating America? or men if its debatable

---

Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 30 Sep 2004 19:05 PDT

You're looking for one researcher's PERSONAL OPINION I take it?

tutuzdad-ga

---

Clarification of Question by matt070104-ga on 30 Sep 2004 19:41 PDT

Yes, I was looking for personal opinion backed by at least one
reference or reason. I am thinking Jefferson,Madison or Franklin.  If
the answer is not one of these please choose someone other than King
George III in the 1776 time period.

Thomas Jefferson has my vote.

King George III, even if he didn't intend it that way.

This thread may be of interest to you:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/about532.html

Thomas Jefferson would have my vote as well.

Actually it may have been neither George III nor any of the American
Founding Fathers who hold the position of being "the most instrumental
man in creating America," but Lord North.

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, was the one who actually did
the most to establish policy and create the situation leading up to
the American Revolution.

While George III supported North's policies regarding the North
American colonies, it was still North who originated them.

George Washington may be known as the "Father of His Country" but Lord
North and his actions certainly qualifies him as the one who was
responsible for the 'pregnancy.'

Digs

Either Plato or John Calvin would get my vote.

Probably Plato.

Matt --

I've seen your list.  I'd nominate George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, Ben Franklin and John Adams as a group -- and would rank
them in that order.

Digs is correct about Lord North but in the England of the time, King
George III really carried the big stick.

And don't forget that without the French fleet at Yorktown, we'd be
watching the Yankees play cricket in the post-season.  Winning French
assistance in the War of Independence was a key role of both Franklin
and Adams.

A side note: both Adams and Jefferson died on July 4, 1826.  They were
the last surviving Founding Fathers.  And Adams last words were,
"Thome Jefferson survives," though he didn't know that Jefferson (in
Virginia) had died hours earlier.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA