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What role do individuals play in shaping history? Explain with examples. Individuals play a major role in the shaping of american history. Individuals played a major role in the shaping of our current american history, including those who helped shape our economical and political place in the world. There are several people throughout our history, including the early history of our country, that advanced are place and role in america. One of these individuals in Benjamin Franklin. He was furthering our needs from the very start. He was a US ambassador to other country including england while we were ruled by them. He also played a major part in our close relations with the french. He spent multiple years in France as an ambassador and creating good US, France relations allowing us to be able to call upon them for help in times of war, such as the Revolution, and The War of 1812. Another american who advanced our political role in the world was James Madison. James Madison was our fourth president and another major political leader from the very beginning of our then young nation. He was acting leader of the then, Republican Party, and worked to allow us to become a world power. He served under several other presidents and in The War of 1812 he lead us into a war that we were, ill prepared for, but absolutely necessary to prove once in for all that we were a country that deserved respect. These two individuals helped our country a good deal in proving that we were becoming an economical and political party. Many individuals helped shape and dictate the coming of what we now know as political parties. There are several individuals that helped shape us to who we are today. Some of these are, again, James Madison, and also George Washington. James Madison, being the leader of the Republican party, did a lot to establish political party’s as a staple in american society. He decided early on that he needed to surround himself with other like-minded fellows. Doing that formed the Republican Party that he was leader of during his presidency and helped him become such a leader. George Washington played a major role in the shaping of political party’s because being such a huge war hero, the first president of our country, and a greatly respected individual he stayed independent of any political party and was not swayed to one. By doing this he truly allowed the party’s to individualize themselves and keep from becoming a single, almost communist party, as it would have happened because being such a great leader many would feel the urge to follow him blindly wherever he tread. These individuals played a major role int he shaping of political party’s.
 * F1.2 - Role of Individuals in Shaping History**