Were the American founding fathers considered liberal or conservative for their time? (lemmy.world)

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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I was going by the big 7 - Washington, Adams, John Jay, Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Franklin - but yeah, Thomas Paine puts any of them to shame, lol.

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