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Benjamin Franklin
The Founder-of-all-trades— scientist, printer, writer, diplomat, inventor,Influential Pennsylvania delegate to the Constitutional Convention. -
John Witherspoon
Signer of the declaration, President of New Jersey. He became a vocal advocate for colonial independence -
John Trumbull Sr.
Colonial governor who sided the colonist against the British -
Declaration Of independence
List of Grievances against King George "Unalienable Rights" -
John Hancock
President of the second continental congress, Signer of the declaration of independence -
Charles Carroll
Signer of Declaration, very wealthy helped finance the revolution -
Benjamin Rush
Father of medicine took seat in 2nd continental congress -
E Pluribus Unum
Was first proposed by U.S continental congress Out of many comes one." Motto of the U.S. Several states together untied to form a nation -
John Peter Muhlenberg
Clergy who recruited soldiers to fight the British -
U.S Constitution
Established America's national government and fundamental laws,with 3 branches Judicial, Executive,Legislative with set balances and checks -
Alexander Hamilton
Solider banker and political scientist he set in motion agrarian nation's transformation into an industrial power -
John Jay
Helped write Federalist papers,first chief Justice of supreme court negotiated a boundary treaty with England -
Bill Of Rights
The first ten amendments on the US consitution -
James Maddison
Had a major contribution in the Constitution Wrote the bill of rights -
Alex De Tocqueville
A french political thinker best known for his 'Democracy in america' -
Liberty
The state of being free in society from oppressive restrictions -
Egalitarianism
The principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities -
Individualism
Freedom of individuals over collective or state control. -
Populism
Is the power of the people (democracy) -
Laissez-faire
Abstention by governments from interfering in the workings of the free market. -
In God we trust
is the official motto of the United States. It was adopted as the nation's motto in 1956 as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of E pluribus Unum -
Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.
