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John Trumbull sr
During the Revolutionary War, Governor Trumbull worked tirelessly to ensure Connecticut could provide supplies such as food, lumber, clothing, and livestock, to the Continental Army and the Connecticut Militia. -
benjamin franklin
In 1776, Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence. Two years later, he went to France and convinced the French to help America in the war against England. After the war, Franklin joined the Continental Congress and signed the Constitution. -
declaration of independence
In 1776 on the 4th of July the united states declared their independence from great Britain. -
E pluribus unum
E pluribus unum is the motto suggested by the committee Congress appointed on July 4, 1776 to design "a seal for the United States of America." The below sketch of their design accompanied a detailed description of their idea for the new nation's official emblem. -
Charles Carroll
the only Roman Catholic to sign the DOC, Before and during the American Revolution, he served on committees of correspondence and in the Continental Congress -
john Hancock
frist to sign the declaration of independence. He made his signature big and it became very known. He was also the president of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1777 -
John witherspoon
John Witherspoon, achieved a greater reputation as a religious leader and educator than as a politician. Emigrating from Scotland to America in the midst of the controversy between the Colonies and the Crown, he took part in the Revolution, lost a son during the war, and signed the Articles of Confederation as well as the Declaration. -
U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution was adopted and signed in September 1787, but signing wasn't enough. It had to be ratified by nine of the 13 states before it became binding. That happened when New Hampshire ratified it on June 21, 1788. -
Benjamin rush
In 1788 he spoke fervently and often in support of the Constitution during the ratifying convention in Philadelphia. He was also a good vocal proponent of the emancipation of slaves. -
John Jay
served as the first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The New York native drafted the state's first constitution in 1777 and the following year was chosen president of the Continental Congress. -
Bill of rights
Congress wrote to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States U.S. Bill of Rights -
Eminent Domain
In the Fifth Amendment. The it reads that “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. which basically says the state can take private property for public use. -
James Madison
Madison's important contribution to the overall creation of the Constitution earned him the nickname "Father of the Constitution" later in life.We also have him to thank for the Bill of Rights, -
Alex De Tocqueville 5 principles
Liberty: protection of tyranny Egalitarianism: equality of people Individualism: you can make money like and how anyone else makes money Populism: participation in the government Laissez-faire: people can rely on themselves -
"In God We Trust"
“In God We Trust” first appeared in 1864. Salmon P. Chase, Lincoln’s Secretary of the Treasury in the middle of the Civil War, received a letter from a Pennsylvanian minister requesting some recognition of God in a national motto. The phrase found its way onto all U.S. currency in the thick of the Cold War (around the same time, and for the same reasons, that “under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance). -
Alexander hamolton
was the United States' first secretary of the treasury. -
John Peter Muhlenburg
He was elected a Pennsylvania representative to the U.S. Congress, serving from 1789 to 1795 and again from 1799 to 1801. He was considered a key figure in the Democrat-Republican party of Pennsylvania.
