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John Trumbull Sr.
He 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. -
John Peter Muhlenberg
John Peter Muhlenberg was a preacher in Swedish and German Lutheran congregations near Philadelphia. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was the Former President of the Continental Congress. -
Benjamin Rush
He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator as well as the founder of Dickinson College. -
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States. -
Declaration of Independence
A breakup letter from the British. -
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll was the Former United States Senator. -
"E Pluribus Unum"
A 13-letter traditional motto of the United States, appearing on the Great Seal along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782. -
Fifth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes. -
U.S. Constitution
The supreme law of the United States, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. -
John Jay
John Jay was the Former Governor of New York. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Eminent Domain
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires the government to provide to the owner of the private property to be taken. Property rights are subject to eminent domain, such as air, water, and land rights. -
Alex de Tocqueville
Alex de Tocqueville traveled to the United States to study its prisons and returned with a wealth of broader observations that he codified in “Democracy in America,” one of the most influential books of the 19th century. -
"In God We Trust"
The Congress legislated that “under God” be added, making the pledge read: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
