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John Peter Muhlenberg
Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War. -
John Trumbull Sr.
American Revolutionary leader.He served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state. -
Declaration Of Independence
Declares the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. -
John Witherspoon
Was a Scottish-American presbyterian minister and a founding father of the United States. -
"E Pluribus Unum"
13 letter phrase on the Seal of the United States means "out of many one". -
John Hancock
American merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent patriot of the American Revolution. -
Charles Carroll
Advocate of independence from Great Britain. -
Alexander Hamilton
Was a Founding Father of the United States and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and major author of the Federalist papers -
U.S. Constitution
Document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. -
John Jay
Was a founding father of the United States.He served as the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court -
James Madison
Fourth president of the United States.He wrote 29 out of 85 essays they were known as the Federalist Papers. -
Benjamin Franklin
Founding father of the United States.He was also a business person and inventor. -
Bill of Rights
First ten amendments of the United States Constitution.it lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. -
Eminent Domain
The right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
Benjamin Rush
Founding father of the united states,and was a civic leader in Philadelphia.He also was the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. -
"In God We Trust"
The official motto of the United States.It was a replacement for "E pluribus unum".
