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Joathan Trumbull
was one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state. He was the only colonial governor at the start of the Revolution to take up the rebel cause. -
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John Hancock
He was the first person to sign the Decleration of Independence and he is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the DOI. -
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John Witherspoon
Signed the Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. -
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Charles Carroll
He was a speaker for the American Independence in Brittain and he is a representative of Maryland in the American Congress. -
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John Jay
One of the founding fathers and signer of the Treaty of Paris. -
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Benjamin Rush
Was a founding father of the United States. -
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John Peter Muhlenberg
American clergyman.
Continetial army soldier during the American Revolutionary War.
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Decleration of Independence
It announces and explains the separation from Brittain and to declare them selfes as a independent nation. -
e pluribus unum
This year the United States Congress made it the official motto of the country. -
US Constitution
the supreme law of the United States. -
Fifth Amendment
Was passed by congress on this date.
It protects you from being held for committing a crime unless you have been indicted correctly by the police. -
Eminent Domain
A part of the Fifth Amendment. The definition of Eminent Domain is that the power takes private property for public use by a state, or regulate it by exercising their Police Power. -
Bill of rights
For greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. -
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Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles
Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire. This is the five principles de Tocqueville came up with in his book "Democracy of America". -
"In God we trust"
In this year this got to be the new official motto of the US, replacement for "e pluribus unum".
