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John Trumbull Sr.
- Colonial Governor during a pre-revolutionary colony and a post-revolutionary state
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John Witherspoon
- in the Continental Congress 1776-1792
- signed the Declaration of Independence
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John Hancock
- patriot of the American Revolution
- merchant
- third govenor of Massachusetts
- signed the Declaration of Independence
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Charles Carroll
- wanted freedom from Great Britain
- wealthy planter
- signed the Declaration of Independence
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John Jay
- one of the "founding fathers" of the United States
- Chief Justice of the United States
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Benjamin Rush
- member of the Sons of Liberty
- elected into Continental Congress in 1776
- signed the Declaration of Independence
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John Peter Muhlenberg
- general in the American Revolution
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"E Pluribus Unum"
- Meaning "out of many, one"
- This was the motto of the United States
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Declaration of Independence
- signed in Philidelphia
- declared independence from Europe as 13 individual colonies/states
- Terms: independence, colonies, etc.
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U.S. Constitution
- created a sturdy and civilized government
- created a new federal government
- Terms: constitution, Articles of Confederation
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5th Amendment
- protects you from being convicted/accused of a crime unless correctly indited by a law official
- Terms: Bill of Rights
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Bill of Rights
- 10 ammendments
- first ammendments of the U.S. Constitution
- provided people with individual rights
- Terms: ammendments, individual rights, etc.
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Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles
- Power
- Stratification
- Industrialism
- Mass Culture
- Influence
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Eminent Domain
- the ableness to take away private property through cause and power
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"In God We Trust"
- most official motto of the United states
