The Founding Fathers developed our unique form of government out of the fiery trials of war and hardships. Some paid the ultimate price for our liberties for objecting to the bondage under British might. But the stubborn faith and persistence of the patriots eventually carved out a revolutionary constitution to create the Republic of the United States of America. We are NOT a democracy as so many pundits claim today, but a representative republic as this episode will clarify from our original documents.