EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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the President of the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University
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a wealthy Catholic merchant who helped to finance the Continental Army
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A an educator and the “Father of American Medicine”
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A the President of the Second Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
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Detailed explanation-1: -His study of mental disorder made him one of the founders of American psychiatry. In 1965, the American Psychiatric Association recognized Rush as the “father of American psychiatry".
Detailed explanation-2: -Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a doctor-arguably the most famous doctor in America-who became known as the American Hippocrates.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sir William Osler (1849-1919) is known as the father of modern medicine for revolutionizing the way in which medical education was taught during his tenure at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Detailed explanation-4: -When revolution came in the 1770s, Benjamin Rush did not shy away from the chance to get involved. He became a member of the Sons of Liberty, represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress, and signed the Declaration of Independence. He also served the revolutionary cause with his medical knowledge.