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1876 BCE
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain has been used in the U.S.to acquire property for public use. It is the power that is independent as it pertains to the government. The mention of Eminent Domain is in the U.S. Constitution in the fifth amendment. The Fifth amendment says, “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” -
John Trumbull Sr.
John Trumbull Sr. was the only governor at the start of the Revolution. He was also one of the few Americans who served as a governor in both a ore revolutionary colony and a post revolutionary state. He also provided supplies for the Continental Army. -
John Peter MuhlenBurg
MuhlenBurg was an american clergyman. who was distinguished as a general in the american resolution. In 1775 he was requested by George Washington, and he raised aGerman regiment for the Continental army. later promoted to major general, he won respect for his courage in battle and his administrative merits. After the war he served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1789-91, 1793-95, 1799-1801). -
Declaration of independence
The declaration was created to free colonist from Britian, but also put forward a theory of government. It states the government exist for the benefit of the people and that "all men are created equal." Known as the best document that states individual rights. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was a signer of the Declaration of independence and a governor of Massachusetts. HIs wealth and influence helped aid in America's independence. Hancock was president of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1777. 1780-1785 he became the first governor of Common Wealth of Massachusetts. -
Charles Carroll
Carroll was a signer of the Declaration of independence, he was the only roman catholic the signed and he was an American patriot. Before and during the revolution he served on committees of the Continental Congress. He was an important member if the Broad War. -
Benjamin Rush
Rush attended the second Continental congress in July of 1776 and signed the declaration of independence. In April of 1777 he became the surgeon general of the continental army. -
"E Pluribus Unum"
E Pluribus Unum is the motto of the united states suggested by the committee congress. It means "out of many one." -
John Jay
John Jay was a founding Father who became the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. HE drafted the first u.s. Constitution in 1777 then was chosen as president of the Continental Congress. Was the U.S. minster of Spain and helped with the 1787 -
James Madison
He was the forth president of the united states and contributed to the ratification of the Constitution by writing the federalist papers. He is referred to the " Father of the Constitution." -
John Witherspoon
John was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister. He was also a Founding Father of the United States . He held the concepts of Scottish Common sense realism. He became an influential figure in the development of united states national character. john was a delegate from New jersey to the Second Continental Congress. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was an author, statesman, publisher, scientist, inventor, and a diplomat. During the American revolution he served in theSecond Continental Congress and helped drafted the declaration of the independence. He negotiated the 1783 treaty of Paris that ended in the Revolutionary war. then in 1787 he went to the convention to produce the Constitution. -
U.S. Constitution
The U.S Constitution is a way to put a limit in the government and put the power in the hands of the people.It separated the powers of the government into three different branches. Sets up the checks and balances program to ensure one government doesn't have to much power. -
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton was a author of the federalist papers, member of the Continental Congress, the first secretary of Treasury, and a champion of the Constitution. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights are 10 amendments part of the U.S. Constitution to give greater constitutional protection for individual liberties. The bill of rights list specific prohibitions on governmental power. -
Principle 1: Liberty
Freedom from arbitrary/ tyrannical government control. -
Principe 3: Individualism
People are free to pursue their individual goals. -
Principle 4: Populism
Participation of common people in political life. -
17.) Alex de Tocqueville
Tocqueville traveled to the United States in 1831 to study prisons and he returned with a clearer understanding of what he codified in “Democracy in America”, this was one of the most influential books of the 19th century.The book gave observations on equality and individualism, Tocqueville’s work remains a valuable explanation of America to Europeans and of Americans to themselves. -
Principle 2: Egalitarianism
Society of equals; there is no permeant class structure. -
Principle 5: Laissez-faire
government is "hands off" when it comes to the economy. -
"in God We Trust"
IN god we trust came from the U.S. original motto E Pluribus Unum. It appeared on coins in 1864 then was on currency in 1975. A law passed in a Joint Resolution by the 84th Congress and approved by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 30, 1956 declared IN GOD WE TRUST must appear on currency.
