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Benjamin Franklin
Emerged as the leading spokesman against the Stamp Act in 1764 against Boston. -
John Peter Muhlenberg
His contributions to the revolutionary cause included service as the chair of the Committee of Safety in Virginia's House of Burgesses -
Jonathan Trumbull,Sr
During the American war he helped supplied Washington with food,clothing,and munitions. He was also the only colonial governor. -
John Witherspoon
Leading member of the continental congress and took part in more than a hundred of its committees. -
Benjamin Rush
Known for his proposal to establish a national public university to train public servants. -
Declaration of Independence
Freed the colonists from Britain and gave them unalienable rights to give themselves life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. -
Charles Carroll
Helped finance the revolution with his own money. helped with the acceptance of the roman catholic religion in America. -
John Hancock
The first one to sign the declaration of independence and his signature was so large to insure that King George the Third could read it and he was also the president of the continental congress. -
James Madison
James Madison is known as the Father of the Constitution because of his pivotal role in the document's drafting as well as its ratification. Madison also drafted the first 10 amendments -
Us Constitution
A document that processes the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. It was drafted by the Constitutional Convention and later supplemented by the Bill of Rights and other amendments. -
John Jay
Washington appointed Jay as the first chief justice of the supreme court in 1789 and he helped with treaties such as the Peace Treaty which ended the revolutionary war . -
Alexander Hamilton
After the war, Hamilton co-wrote the famous 'Federalist' Papers with John Jay and James Madison, which served as a primary source for Constitutional interpretation. Hamilton signed his essays as 'Publius'. President Washington appointed Hamilton as the country's first Secretary of the Treasury in 1789. -
Bill Of Rights
Helped to protect individual liberties and rights that were reduced to ten amendments in 1791 whenever it came into effect. -
Eminent Domain
The right of a government to used up private property space for public use, with payment of compensation. -
Alex De Tocqueville
Wrote a book called "democracy in America" in 1835.
Liberty: Protection against Tyrannical Government .
Populism: Refers to the participation of common people in political life.
Individualism: Free to flourish without heredity distinctions.
Laissez-Faire: A hands off approach to the economy.
Egalitarianism: Refers to the society of equals. -
In God We Trust
Is the national motto and was found in the words of the star spangled banner. -
El Pluribus Unum
The motto means "out of many [comes] one". Its intent is to show that several states have joined together as one nation.