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Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
John Trumbull Sr.
Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. 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. -
John Witherspoon
John Knox Witherspoon was a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll, known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III to distinguish him from his similarly named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. -
John Jay
John Jay was an 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. -
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. -
John Peter Muhlenberg
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. -
Declaration of Independence
The U.S. declares it's independece from Great Britain. -
“E Pluribus Unum”
Translates to "out of many, one". It is a phrase on the Seal of the United States. -
U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution served as the supreme law for the U.S., and outlined how the U.S. would work in terms of Government. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was the firts ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. -
Fifth Amendment
Protects a person against being compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in a criminal case. -
Alex de Tocqueville
A French political thinker and historian best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution. -
Alexis de Tocqueville 5 values
The five core values that Alexis beleived was what made America great. These values were Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire. -
“In God We Trust”
The official motto of the U.S.
