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he 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.
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was a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of independence.he also trained many leaders of the early nation and was an active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration.
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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. signatory of the Declaration of Independence,died at age 95
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is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument.
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in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility.
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would spell out the immunities of individual citizens.
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was a Founding Father of the United States,Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia
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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,Jay was the Governor of the State of New York
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protects criminal defendants from having to testify if they may incriminate themselves through the testimony.
