What is Federalism and Why Did the Founding Fathers Create It?

Willard Sterne Randall, author of The Founders' Fortunes: How Money Shaped the Birth of America, won the National Magazine Award during a 17-year journalism career before graduate studies at Princeton. Author of six Founding Father biographies, he is professor emeritus of history at Champlain College.

Willard Sterne Randall

Willard Sterne Randall, author of The Founders&#8217; Fortunes: How Money Shaped the Birth of America, won the National Magazine Award during a 17-year journalism career before graduate studies at Princeton. Author of six Founding Father biographies, he is professor emeritus of history at Champlain College.

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Willard Sterne Randall, author of The Founders' Fortunes: How Money Shaped the Birth of America, won the National Magazine Award during a 17-year journalism career before graduate studies at Princeton. Author of six Founding Father biographies, he is professor emeritus of history at Champlain College.

America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

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The Revolutionary War waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe, as a small fledgling nation won its freedom from the greatest military force of its time.

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