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John Hancock
He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. He was also elected first governor of Massachusetts. -
John Jay
john Jay served in the continental congress, he was also a diplomat, and devoted himself to the American Revoloution. He became the first chief justice of the United states -
Benjamin Rush
Representing Pennsylvania at the Continental Congress. -
Declaration of Independence
the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain -
E Pluribus Unum
out of many, one (the motto of the US). -
Unalienable Rights
Many philosophers and political scientists make a distinction between natural rights and legal rights. -
Bill of Rights
a statement of the rights of a class of people, in particular. -
Alexis de Tocqueville’s Five Values
liberty-the power or scope to act as one pleases. egalterianism-the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality. individualism-he habit or principle of being independent and self-reliable populism-lthe political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite lassies-fair-a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. -
In God We Trust
a motto put on the U.S currency. -
Constitutional Republic
A constitutional republic is a state where the head of state and other officials are representatives of the people and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over citizens. -
Bicameral Congress
Composed of or based on two legislative chambers or branches: -
Branches of Government
The separation of powers, is a model for the governance of both democratic & federative states. The model was first developed in ancient Greece and came into widespread use by the Roman Republic as part of the uncodified Constitution of the Roman Republic -
Sovereignty
supreme power or authority.