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john hancock
served as president of the continental congress also was the first and third governor of the commonwealth of massachuests -
charles carroll
wealthy maryland planter and early advocate of independence -
john jay
statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, negotiator and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, second Governor of New York, and the first Chief Justice of the United States -
john withersppon
was scottiish-american presbyterian minster and a founding father of the united states -
declaration of independence
formal statement written by thomas jefferson declaring the freedom of the 13 american colonies from great britian. -
E Pluribus Unum
latin for "out of many, one" traditional 13 letter motto of the undited states, appearing on the great seal along with annuit coeptis and ordo seclorum and adopted by an act of congress -
john trumbull sr.
only man to serve as governor for both english colony and american state -
U.S constitution
comprising of seven articles, delineates the national frame of government -
bill of rights
the first ten amendments to the united states constitution. -
fifth amendment
the fifth amendment was et in place to protect individuals from being compelled to be witnesses against themselves in a criminal case. -
john peter muhlenberg
american clergyman, continental army soldier during the american revolutionary way, and political figure in the newly independent united states. -
benjamin rush
signer of the declaration of independence. civic leader in philadelphia where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian and educator as well as the founder of dickinson college -
alex de tocqueville and his five principles
egalitarianism
populism
liberty
individualism
laissez-faire
- french diplomat, political scientist and historian -
eminent domain
power of a state provincial or national government to take private property for public use. -
"in god we trust"
official motto of the united states of america
