The places where they were raised and to which they traveled formed the Founding Fathersβ geographic orientation, which influenced their view of the nation and what the country could become, according to Michael Barone.Β
While George Washington had βa map that goes north by northwest,β Thomas Jefferson βsaw the country from [the] perspective of the West,β says Barone, a senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner and a co-author of βThe Almanac of American Politicsβ since its first edition in 1972.Β
In his new book βMental Maps of the Founders: How Geographic Imagination Guided Americaβs Revolutionary Leaders,β Barone explains how the differing βmental mapsβ of Founders such as Washington, Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton were sometimes in opposition, but together formed our great nation.Β
Barone joins βThe Daily Signal Podcastβ to discuss the little-known facts about the Founding Fathers he uncovered while researching the new book.
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