It turns out that those wise old men of the 18th century weren't so old after all. What was Benjamin Franklin (seventy years old in 1776) doing hanging around with all of these young whippersnappers? Reported by the Insider, these are the ages of some of the prominent leaders and influencers in that pivotal year of 1776:
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In their teens and twenties, these men carved out of the wilderness, and a out of the wilderness of British rule, an entire nation, which would in just two and a half centuries become the most powerful in the world. Were the older men sitting at home, accustomed to the colonial rule? Were the established family men too frightened to resist it and risk their wives and children?
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, was only 33 in 1776. Even John Hancock was still relatively young at thirty-nine.
Still think you don't matter because you're too young? In just five or ten years, my fourth graders will catch up to some of these ages. Will they be wise enough to right the ship that the founders built?
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, was only 33 in 1776. Even John Hancock was still relatively young at thirty-nine.
Still think you don't matter because you're too young? In just five or ten years, my fourth graders will catch up to some of these ages. Will they be wise enough to right the ship that the founders built?
