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Alexander Hamilton
Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington -
John Witherspoon
President of the college of New Jersey, was a delegate to New Jersey in the second continental congress -
John Trumbull
He was the only colonial governor to side with colonists, and help supply Washington's army -
Charles Carrol
Helped fund the Revolution with his own money -
John Peter Muhlenberg
Member of the Black Regiment, later became a general under Washington. Also a U.S. senator and congressman -
Declaration of independence
Explained the reasons why the colonists sought independence from Great Britain. -
Benjamin Rush
Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Also known a " The Father of American Medicine". Pioneer in Physiology and Psychiatry. -
John Hancock
He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and has biggest signature on declaration of independence -
Benjamin Franklin
Founding father and helped write the Declaration of Independence -
E Pluribus Unum
Out of many, one (the motto of the US) -
U.S Constitution
The basic structure of our national government -
John Jay
Founding Father, Signed Treaty of Paris, and Declaration, and First Chief of Justice -
Eminent Domain
The right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
Bill of Rights
A list of of possible rights that was reduced to ten which were approved by the members of congress -
James Madison
Forth President of the united states of america, also known as " The Father of the Constitution" -
Alexis De Tocqueville
Traveled to the United States in 1831 to study its prisons also wrote “Democracy in America” (1835) -
Liberty
individuals are free to pursue their own work -
Egalitarianism
Society of equals, important because everyone is equal no matter what class -
Laissez-faire
People had a "hands off" approach to the economy -
Individualism
The government did not direct individual activity -
Populism
Participation of the common people in political life -
" In God we trust
First appeared on U.S. coins in 1864 and has appeared on paper currency since 1957.
