Revolutionary characters: what made the founders different

Introduction: The founders and the Enlightenment

The greatness of George Washington

The invention of Benjamin Franklin

The trials and tribulations of Thomas Jefferson

Alexander Hamilton and the making of a fiscal-military state

Is there a "James Madison problem"?

The relevance and irrelevance of John Adams

Thomas Paine, America's first public intellectual

The real treason of Aaron Burr

The founders and the creation of modern public opinion.