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John Trumbull Sr.
John Trumbull Sr. was the governor in the pre-revolution colony and past-revolution state. John had three kids John Trumbell, Johnathon Trumbell Jr, and Joseph Trumbell. John died August 17, 1785. -
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon came to the burgeoning United States to become president of what would become Princeton University, and he ended up helping to shape the country. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was one of the people who sighned the U.S contitution. John was also the govener of Massachusets. He was also re-elected as govener after the Decleration of independence was adopted the United States. John dies in 1793. -
Charles Carroll
Wealthy Roman Catholic family in Annapolis Maryland. He began his rather remarkable formal education at the age of 8, when he was packed off to France to attend a Jesuit College at St. Omer. -
John Jay
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). -
Benjamin Rush
Founding father of the United States. Civic leader in Philidelphia. Physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. -
John Peter Muhlenburg
John's Contribution to the Revoluttion include that he was chair of the Committee of Safety in Virginia's House of Burgesses (1775) and as a member of Virginia's provincial convention in 1776. After the war, Muhlenberg did not feel he could return to being a parson after having been a soldier. John Died October 1st 1807. -
Decleration of Independence
Document declaring The 13 colonies of The United States indepedence from Europe. Written because the U.S. wanted to unify our own people and explain why we were taking this action. Written by Thomas Jefferson with help from Rdger Sherman, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Robert Livingston. -
U.S. Constitution
Document Stating the laws and priciples of the newly independent United Stated of America. Declared the U.S. Government and how it was going to be run. Consisted of 27 constitutional amendments. -
Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. he concept of eminent domain is not new. It has existed since biblical times, when King Ahab of Samaria offered Naboth compensation for Naboth's vineyard. In 1789, France officially recognized a property owner's right to compensation for taken property. -
Bill Of Rights
Ten Amendments in the US constitution. Many have refferred it to the Bill of "Limits". The Bill Of rights states the rights of the us citizen but this does not mean these are the only rights you have. All ten of these rights have a very complicated meaning and rules. -
The fifth amendment
Rights of people accused of crimes. The founding fathers wanted to protect basic rights of accused. -
"E Pluribus Unum"
out of many, one (the motto of the US). According to the U.S. Treasury, the motto E pluribus unum was first used on U.S. coinage in 1795, when the reverse of the half-eagle ($5 gold) coin presented the main features of the Great Seal of the United States. -
"In God We Trust"
The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was placed on United States coins because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War.
