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John Trumbull Sr.
Only man who served as governor in both an English colony and an American state.
He was the only governor at the start of the American Revolutionary War to take up the Patriot. -
Benjamin Rush
Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
A civic leader in Philadelphia -
John Peter Muhlenberg
Senator, PA (1801–1801)
American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson Wrote it
It was a break up letter -
John Witherspoon
Signatory to the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence.
Only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration. -
John Hancock
He served more than two years in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia
He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence in his position as president of Congress.
Governor of Massachusetts. -
"E Pluribus Unum"
It disappeared from all subsequent proposals for the seal until Charles Thomson, Secretary of Congress, restored it between June 13 and June 20, 1782, on which date our seal was adopted. -
U.S. Constitution
Established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. -
Bill Of Rights
First ten amendments to the US Constitution -
Fifth Amendment
It makes it harder for the government to actually convict us of crimes.
It helps to protect us from a tyrannical government -
Alex de Tocqueville & his 5 Principles
Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, & Laissez-Faire
He was a political scientist, historian, and politician, best known for Democracy in America a perceptive analysis of the political and social system of the United States in the early 19th century. -
John Jay
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, negotiator and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
He05 served in the Continental Congress -
Charles Carroll
He is credited as the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
he Founding Fathers of the United States of America.
He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland. -
"In God We Trust."
Congress passed the bill and Eisenhower signed it into law.
It is on the back of a Twenty Dollar bill. -
Eminent Domain
The power of the government to take private property and convert it into public use.
The 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution places an important limitation on the power of eminent domain.