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John Trumbull Sr.
John Trumbull was a governor. The second son of Joseph Trumbull. At the age of 13, Trumbull entered Harvard, studying to be a minister. Trumbull married Faith Robinson (1718-1780). By 1740, he became Speaker of the House.
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John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon signed the Declaration of Independence and contributed to the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1782. He fought for the Populist Party of the Church of Scotland. Helped to unify the early Presbyterian church in America. He became president of Princeton University. Introducing the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment -
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John Hancock
John Hancock went to Boston Latin School and after his graduation in 1750. He was accepted in Harvard College where he graduated in 1754. On August 28, 1775 while attending the Continental Congress Hancock married Dorothy Quincy. He joined forces with Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty by boycotting British goods. On May, 1775 Hancock was unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress
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Charles Carroll
Carroll’s position in the emerging revolutionary politics became clear in 1773 as a result of a series of letters published in the Maryland Gazette. Signing himself the First Citizen. Charles Carroll was soon elected to the 2nd Maryland Convention in 1774.
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John Jay
Founding Father John Jay served as the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a bunch of top government posts. He became U.S. minister of Spain. Helped to broker the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. He prevented war with Great Britain with the 1794 Jay Treaty. Served as governor of New York for six years before retiring from public office.
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Benjamin Rush
Vice President of American Philosophical Society
Member of Second Continental Congress and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Surgeon General of the Middle Department of the Continental Army
One of the founders of the College of Physicians
"Father of American Psychiatry"
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John Peter Muhlenberg
Lutheran and Anglican clergyman
General in the Continental Army
Member of Virginia House of Burgesses
Member of the Pennsylvania Assembly
Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania
Member of both the U.S. House and Senate
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is important because it shows the importance of having independence and why they should be free. It claims that all men are created equal and that the government exists for the benefit for everyone. It explains why they are declaring independence and how it could be better for them. The British government invades individual rights which is also why they feel everyone should be equal. They wanted to become their own nation and create their own rules. -
"E Pluribus Unum"
The U.S motto "out of many, one" sometimes loosely translated as "one from many" It refers to the fact that the united states was formed as a single nation as the result of the thirteen smaller colonies joining together. It was on the american currency but was later replaced with "In God we trust"
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The U.S Constitution
We needed the Constitution because it grew out of problems with the Article of Confederation, which created a "firm league of friendship" between the states. The power was very limited, so they created a war.A movement to fix the Articles, so they quickly started creating a new draft of the Constitution for the U.S.
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Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is important because it was created to protect individual rights. Without the Bill of Rights they can take away those individual rights at anytime. Since they are created as amendments they can't take those rights away. The Bill of Rights limits the government of too much power. It's to make sure that the people have their rights without them being taken away. -
Fifth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment provides "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury" The fifth amendment puts constitutional limits on police procedures. -
Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles
The author of Democracy in America. Liberty freedom from government control. Egalitarianism society of equality; no permanent class structure. Individualism people are free to pursue their individual goals. Populism participation of common people in political life. Laissez-Faire Government has "hands off" approach to the economy.
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Eminent Domain
The power of the government to take private property and turn it into public use. The Fifth Amendment provides that the government may only use this power if they pay or give something the property owners.
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"In God We Trust"
The first words written on the Mayflower Compact drafted by the first European settlers who came to this country, before it even was a country were “In the name of God Amen”. "In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States. It was adopted as the nation's motto in 1956 as a replacement to the motto of E pluribus unum.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust]
[http://politichicks.com/2015/07/meaning-of-americas-phrase-in-god-we-trust-and-why-it-is-important-today/]
