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Eminent Domain
The term "eminent domain" was taken from the legal treatise De Jure Belli et Pacis, written by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius in 1625, which used the term dominium eminens (Latin for supreme lordship). The exercise of eminent domain is not limited to real property. Governments may also condemn personal property. Governments can even acquire intangible property such as contract rights, patents, trade secrets, and copyrights. -
John Trumbull Sr.
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. He was appointed lieutenant colonel in Connecticut's militia in 1739. -
Benjamin Franklin
He was one of the founding fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and electricity(May 10,1752), among other inventions. -
John Peter Muhlenberg
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was an american clergyman, continental army soldier during the american revolutionary war, and political figure in the u.s. Toward the end of 1775, Muhlenberg was authorized to raise and command as its colonel the 8th Virginia regiment of the continental army. After George Washington personally asked him to accept this task, he agreed. -
Decleration Of Indepence
A document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring freedom from Great Britain. -
John Hancock
John was an American 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. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that the term "John Hancock" has become, in the United States, a synonym for a signature. He signed -
Benjamin Rush
He was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian, as well as the founder of Dickinson college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Rush took his seat in the Second Continental Congress on July 22, 1776. -
Charles Carroll
He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland (1781). He was the only Catholic and the longest-lived (and last surviving) signatory of the Declaration of Independence, dying 56 years after the document was first signed. -
In God We Trust
"In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States. It was adopted as the nation's motto 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. -
U.S Constitution
A document that embodies rights and principles. -
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton was a Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the Federalist Party, the world's first voter-based political party, the founder of the United States Coast Guard, and the founder of The New York Post newspaper. First secretary of treasury, September 11, 1789 -
John Jay
Jay 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 (1789–95). -
Bill of Rights
A list of rights that was reduced to only 10. -
James Madison
Considered the father of the constitution. The 4th president of the united states. -
James Madison
J. Madison was a political theorist, American statesman, and the fourth president of the United States (1809–17). He is hailed as the "father of the constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. -
Alexis de Tocqueville & his 5 Principles: Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, Laissez-faire
L- Freedom from arbitrary government control.
E- Belief in equality; No permanent class structure.
I- People are free to pursue individual goals.
P-Appeal to ordinary people.
LF- Government is "hands off". A french writer who traveled to America to see why they were doing so good and the French weren't.
5 Princliples in 1835 -
E pluribus unum
Out of Many -
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon is best known for his role as Willie Jones for the Friday series, he has starred in films such as Hollywood Shuffle (1987) and Boomerang (1992).
