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Founding Fathers of the United States, also known as the Fathers of Our Country, the Forefathers, Framers or the Founders, are the political leaders who signed the Declaration of Independence or the United States Constitution, or otherwise participated in the American Revolution as leaders of the Patriots. They were opposed by the Loyalists who supported the King and opposed independence. (However, most of the Loyalists stayed in the U.S. after 1783 and supported the new government.)