Our Founding Fathers

did the fathers of our country at one time believe that the 13 colonies needed to have the ways and fashions of London? This question and many others will be answered in this in depth paper about the self-identity of the colonists in the 17th and 18th centuries. During the 17th and 18th centuries the thirteen founding colonies of our country had people convinced that the ways and customs of London were how the colonies should be run. The great Thomas Jefferson at one time thought that London was the place to be; that London was so much better than our country. People talked of sending their children to school in London because they felt that America would corrupt the minds of their children if they allowed them to stay. I will look at the political, social, and religious identities of the colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries.
During the 17th and 18th centuries I believe the colonists were trying to find their selves. It was almost like they wanted to do things as p...