They founded vs there was founded

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'They founded' is used when referring to a group of people who established something, while 'there was founded' is used when emphasizing the passive voice and the fact that something was established in a particular place.

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They founded

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to a group of people who established something.

Use 'they founded' when talking about a group of people who established or created something.

Examples:

They founded the company in 1990.
They founded the school to provide education to underprivileged children.

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They founded this quire just to get together and make plans to destroy the regime.
Because they founded this court and now operate it, the EU and a number of ACP countries have a common interest.
The cities they founded thousands of meters under the ground was the product of a most advanced technology.
'For they are founded on something even more precious than delight.
The Citadel Corrections Company has more than quadrupled their holdings since they were founded 20 years ago.
We should like to see these reports laid before Parliament, since it would be interesting to see on what principles they are founded.
They and they alone founded the religions and com posed chefs-cf oeuvre.
This Directive should concern winding-up proceedings whether or not they are founded on insolvency and whether they are voluntary or compulsory.
This rule is intended to prevent judgments being recognised and enforced in the European Community if they are founded on rules of jurisdiction whose substance ought to have been negotiated by the Community institutions.
They were founded upon the right of Israel to exist within secured and recognised borders, and on the Palestinian people's right of self-determination.
They may be founded either as separate entities or be created by the amalgamation of existing foundations or other organisations.
The only long-term guarantee for public services is real European legislation, not judicial decisions, however well-founded they may be.
And it's an old Spanish mission that they get to, founded in 1797, very near Monterey.
There are cities that were founded because they were just above the mosquito line.
What unites all of the investigations, however, is the fact that they are either limited to specific sectors or nationally or that they are founded precisely on an empirical basis which basically goes so far back that it is barely suitable for generalisation purposes.
Areas of preference, be they regionally-based (European Community) or functionally-based (the Lomé Convention), must immediately be recognised as legitimate if they are founded on the democratic decisions of the peoples concerned.
'They are founded on nothing less than the complete 'and perfect acceptance of one by another.'
It was on the basis of such considerations that Hubert Védrine, the head of the French diplomatic service, actually went so far as to explain that from a certain point of view these elections were legal because they were founded on a constitution.
As for the impact of the urgent measures recommended in the resolution, we realize that they are well-founded, but they are also transitory.
The EU's relations with Uzbekistan are a matter of great importance to us, but they must be founded on respect for democracy, for the rule of law and for human rights.

Alternatives:

The founders established
They established
They created
They set up
They initiated

there was founded

This phrase is correct but less commonly used. It emphasizes the passive voice and the fact that something was established in a particular place.

Use 'there was founded' to emphasize the passive voice and the fact that something was established in a particular place.