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Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use -
John Hancock
an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. -
E Pluribus Unum
out of many, one (the motto of the US). -
Declaration of Independence
an assertion by a defined territory that is independant and constitutes a state -
John Trumbull Sr.
one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state. -
John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the US -
John Peter Muhlenberg
After the war, he was elected the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania -
U.S. Constitution
The supreme law of the US which states: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." -
Benjamin Rush
A founding father of the US and a civic leader in Philadelphia -
Charles Carroll
He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland. -
John Witherspoon
a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States -
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments -
Fifth Amendment
Allows individuals to decline to answer questions where the answer might incriminate them. -
Alex De Tocqueville (5 Principles)
a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian. Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire -
"In God We Trust"
the official motto of the United States