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John Witherspoon
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Benjamin Rush
Benjamin is important because he is one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Rush was also civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator as well as the founder of Dickinson College. -
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John Peter Muhlenberg
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political person United States -
Declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is important because it is how the 13 Colonies gained their independence from Great Britain. It is the breakup letter to Great Britain. -
John Trumbull Sr.
was the only man who served as governor in both an English colony and an American state, and he was the only governor at the start of the American Revolutionary War -
U.S. Constitution
Its the supreme law of the United States -
Bill of Rights
the Bill of rights is important to the people of the 13 colonies and even to the people now, because it gives the unalienable rights that no one can take away. -
5th Amendment
It prevents them from being a witness in their own crime and trial. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was an American merchant, 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. -
"E Pluribus Unum"
" Out of many, one" Symbolized the shields on the eagle emblem. -
John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, negotiator and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, second Governor of New York, and the first Chief Justice of the United States -
Charles Carroll
was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence -
Alex de Tocqueville and his five principals
French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions. -
Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
" In god we trust "
"In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States of America and of the U.S. state of Florida. It was adopted as the nation's motto in 1956
