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Charles Carroll
He was an advocate for the independence from great Britain. He was also a congressmen -
John Trumbull Sr.
He was an American Revolutionary leader. Also governor of Connecticut and gave supplies to the Continental Army. -
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. He was a civic leader in Philadelphia. He was made treasurer of the u.s mint -
John Peter Muhlenberg
He distinguished him self as a general in the American Revolution. So that means he was general of the army. He was in charge of most things. He organized the first Luthryn synod in America. -
John Hancock
He boldly signed his signature relatively big on the Declaration of Independence. He was also the first to sign it. He was also a merchant smuggler for america. A president of congress and later was a governor of the Commonwealth. -
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of independence is a document that was signed by many important people so that we would have freedom from Britain. The document was officially signed and recognized on July 4th of 1776. -
John Jay
John jay was one of the founding fathers a patriot, a diplomat, and he also signed the treaty for paris. He was the first chief of justice on the supreme court. -
U.S Constitution
the constitution is a document that holds the laws and principles that the u.s follows -
Fifth Amendment
No citizen of the united states of america is prompted to incriminate themselves do to incriminating circumstances. No u.s citizen can be bribed by their land,life, or civil rights to tell about a crime that they have not been found guilty of in thee court of law. -
Bill of Right
The bill of rights is the first 10 amendments. It was ratified in 1791. -
Liberty
the state of being free from restriction in society -
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was the president of Princeton University. He was the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence. He was also a minister of the gospel following after his father. -
Eminent Domain
the right for a government to expropriate private property for the public to use with compensation. -
Populism
belief in power of regular people -
Individualism
you take care of your self and believe that the government should not worry about your business -
Egalitarianism
belief that all people are created equal -
laissez fair
government should not interfere with commerce