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Charles Carroll
He served in the Continental Congress, wrote a sires of newspapers articles protesting the right of the British government to tax the colonies without representation. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by a group of people. It was mainly written by T. Jefferson. It is a break-up letter to England. There are five parts to it. It explains to England that they want freedom and if they don't there will be war. -
E Pluribus Unum
E pluribus unum it means "Out of many, one" traditional motto of the United States, appearing on the Great Seal -
John Trumbull Sr.
He was the only governor at the start of the American Revolutionary War. Who served as governor in an English colony and an American state. -
U.S. Constitution
It is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution, had seven articles. It was written by many people but the main on that people know is T. Jefferson. -
John Jay
An American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, negotiator and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, one of the governors of New York, and the first Chief Justice of the United States -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments/rights to the United States Constitution. It guarantees the rights and freedoms to all the American people. -
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, Also anybody be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life, and shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself -
John Hancock
He was known for his big signature on the Declaration of Independence. He was also the 1st and 3rd governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jersey to the Second Continental Congress and a signatory to the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. -
John Peter Muhlenberg
He was a Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. -
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator as well as the founder of Dickinson College. -
Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles
Author of Democracy in America
Liberty: freedom from arbitrary / tyrannical government control
Egalitarianism: society of equals; there is 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. -
Eminent Domain
The government can take away properties from you if need. -
"In God We Trust"
It is the official motto of the United States of America
