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John Trumbull Sr., Birth
He 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 -
John Witherspoon, Birth
John Witherspoon was a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey -
John Hancock, Birth
John Hancock was a 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 -
Charles Carroll, Birth
Former United States Senator, Charles Carroll, known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III to distinguish him from his similarly named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain -
John Jay, Birth
John Jay, Former Chief Justice of the United State, 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
Former In 1797, by appointment of President Adams, Rush was made treasurer of the U.S. Mint, a post he held until his death. -
John Peter Muhlenberg, Birth
John Peter Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States -
Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement which announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of Great Britain on July 4, 1776, -
John Trumbull Sr., Death
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U.S Constitution
A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. It was drafted by the Constitutional Convention and later supplemented by the Bill of Rights and other amendments. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights were first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship. -
Fifth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and protects a person against being compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in a criminal case. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was a 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 -
John Witherspoon, Death
John Witherspoon was a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey -
E pluribus unum
Out of Many, one (the motto of the US). -
Alex de Tocqueville, Birth
Historian, Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution. -
John Peter Muhlenberg, Death
John Peter Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States -
John Jay, Death
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Charles Carroll, Death
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Alex de Tocqueville, Death
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In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States in 1956 as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of E pluribus unum, which was adopted when the Great Seal of the United States was created and adopted in 1782.
