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John Trumbull Sr.
One of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state. -
John Witherspoon
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
He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
Charles Carroll
Was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. -
John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States -
John Peter Muhlenberg
Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War -
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. -
Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration. -
E Pluribus Unum
Motto of the US -
U.S. Constitution
A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. -
Fifth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment says "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
Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. -
Alex de Tocqueville and his Five PrinciplesLiberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire
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. -
“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 -
Eminent Domain
The right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.
