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John Trumbull Sr.
was one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state. He was the only colonial governor at the start of the Revolution to take up the rebel cause. -
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John Witherspoon
Was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States. Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish Common Sense Realism. -
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John Hancock
was an American merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence. -
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Charles Carroll
was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland. -
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John Jay
was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States -
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Benjamin Rush
was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian -
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John Peter Muhlenberg
an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, he served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Pennsylvania and a Founding father -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence. Drafted by John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston, but mostly by Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence was written for 3 main reasons. 1. To declare independence 2. Unify the people living in the U.S. to stand together as one to stand against Britain 3. To get others to start a movement and get people to help the cause. -
Eminent domain
is the power of a state or a national government to take private property for public use. -
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E Pluribus Unum
A 13-letter phrase on the Seal of the United States, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782. E Pluribus Unum was considered a de facto motto of the United States. Until 1956 when the United States Congress passed an act adopting "In God We Trust" as the official motto. -
U.S. Constitution
The law of the United States of America. Outlines our government. -
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb. -
Bill of Rights
Granted the ten rights to Americans. Including Freedom of speech, religion, and assembly. -
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Alex de Tocaueville
was a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian. He was best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution (1856). In both he analyzed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals, as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science. -
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In God We Trust
is the official motto of the United States.