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John Trumbull, Sr.
Governor of Connecticut; refused to support British Army; only governor to side with patriots -
John Peter Muhlenburg
Preacher that supported the Continental Army; Recruited large numbers of people for the army through his preachings and sermons; During a sermon he preached that it is a time of war, within and hour after the sermon 162 men enlisted -
Declaration of Independence
A document given to the King of Britain declaring the the colonies independent from British rule. They felt like they were having rights taken away, so they wanted to leave. -
Benjamin Rush
A signer of the Declaration of Independence; Known as the, "Father of American Medicine" -
John Hancock
The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence; President of the Second Continental Congress -
Charles Carrol
Signed the Declaration of Independence -
John Witherspoon
Signed the Declaration of Independence; Became President of the New Jersey College, known today as Princeton -
Benjamin Franklin
Helped draft the Declaration of Independence and Constitution; negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris; invented Bifocals and organized the first successful lending library -
"E Pluribus Unum
(Latin) "Out of many comes one." Motto of the U.S. Several states together untied to form a nation -
James Madison
Wrote the First drafts of Constitution; Cowrote the Federalist Papers; Became President in 1808 -
U.S. Constitution
A document that established the structure of the American government -
Alexander Hamiltion
The nations first Secretary of Treasury; Had a bad temper and would duel people in the streets, met his untimely demise in a duel -
John Jay
Helped write the Federalist Papers; First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;negotiated boundary treaty with England -
Bill of Rights
A document which was a list of guaranteed rights, people wanted know that certain rights were not allowed to be taken so they made a list of unalienable rights. -
Eminent Domain
An idea that private property can not be taken for public use without proper compensation; Covered in the Fifth Amendment in Bill of Rights -
Alex de Tocqueville and His 5 Prinicples
French man originally sent to America to study prison system;wrote "Democracy in America" which was book of America that had 5 key points:
Liberty- protection from tyrannical government; Egalitarianism- society of equals; Individualism- government didn't direct individual activity, and people could flourish despite hereditary distinctions; Populism- common people could participate in government; Laissez-Faire- government has little to do with economy -
"In God We Trust"
The official American motto, when it replaced E Pluribus Unum; First appeared on the US money in 1864; Though it has been opposed by some the courts ruled it as ceremonial, not religious.
