unit 1 key term research

  • John Trumbull Sr.

    John Trumbull Sr.
    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.
  • John Witherspoon

    John Witherspoon
    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.
  • Charles Carroll

    Charles Carroll
    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
  • declaration of independence

    declaration of independence
    is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument.
  • U.S constitution

    U.S constitution
    in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility.
  • Bill Of Rights

    Bill Of Rights
    would spell out the immunities of individual citizens.
  • Benjamin Rush

    Benjamin Rush
    was a Founding Father of the United States,Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia
  • john jay

    john jay
    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
  • Fifth Amendment

    Fifth Amendment
    protects criminal defendants from having to testify if they may incriminate themselves through the testimony.