In today's world, we fundamentally think of freedom, equality, and power as human rights given to us by God. But this has not always been the case throughout the history of our country. For you and I to wake up every morning to make our own decisions and have numerous rights bestowed upon us, as we interpret, many things have been shaped throughout American history. This leads to our founding fathers. Our Founding Fathers are what we Americans consider to be the men who laid the foundations of America. The establishment of government and the ruling led to what is known as the American Revolution (AR) era. During the Revolution, multiple events occurred in order for the so-called “basic work necessary for our nation” to be formed. The work of our Founding Fathers has been consolidated and a new generation is born to realize the dream of the nation, moving into the Civil War (CW) era. Many changes were made after the CW era. During the CW era, the nation continued to be fragile and growing. Slavery and the black rights movement eventually led to the Jim Crow (JC) era. These events highlighted in American history are what influenced the evolution of freedom, equality, and power in the late 18th and early 20th centuries. The achievements of the revolutionary generation were led by the eight most prominent political leaders of the early republic, George Washington, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams. These men are the ones who became known as the Founding Fathers. The revolutionary era essentially began during the defense of the colonies against the French, led by the Founding Fathers. This defense... middle of paper... was based on slavery, but was more concerned with the unity of the nation. The black community slowly gained freedom throughout the era. Before the Jim Crow era, the Reconstruction Amendments were developed and the black population was basically the same as the white population. Blacks were able to vote, slavery was abolished, and their rights as citizens were protected. Reconstruction did not remain stable and soon fell years later. The rise of Jim Crow laws proved invincible, removing black rights and imposing segregation. Separate but equal rights were established, but they were far from the goal. Blacks were assumed to be on equal footing with whites; however, this was not the case. This situation remained so for years to come until the Brown decision began to pave the way for full equality, power and freedom between blacks and whites..