Key Term Research

By Brandon mescal
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    Foundations of American Government

  • Declaration of Independence

    The document that separated the 13 colonies from Great Britain.

  • E Pluribus Unum

    Latin for "Out of Many, One" the 13 letter traditional motto for the United States

  • John Trumbull Sr.

    Was a governor of an English colony and American state, and was the only governor of at the start of the Revolutionary War.

  • U.S Constitution

    Made to be the supreme law and structure of America

  • The Fifth Amendment

    No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger;

  • Bill of Rights

    The first 10 amendments to the Constitution

  • Eminent Domain

    The right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. They must pay due to the 5th amendment.

  • John Hancock

    John Hancock was a salesman and statesman. He became the president of the 2nd continental congress and was the third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  • John Witherspoon

    Witherspoon was the Delegate for New Jersey to Sign the Declaration of Independence. He was also a philosopher and teacher.

  • John Peter Muhlenburg

    John Peter Muhlenburg was an American clergyman and soldier. He was an early influential political figure.

  • Benjamin Rush

    A signer of the Declaration of independence. He was a physician and early American Politician

  • John Jay

    An American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Signed and negotiated the Treaty of Paris

  • Charles Carroll

    An early advocate for American independence. The only catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence. He served on congresses and was the first Senator of Maryland

  • Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles

    His five principles Liberty, egalitarianism individualism, populism, and Laissez-Faire are the the principles that America would have to follow to succeed.

  • In God We Trust

    The phrase that appears on American currency from 1957.