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John Trumbull Sr.
John Trumbull was on of the few people that was a govenor before and after the revolution. He was also the only colonial govenor at the start of the Revolution. -
John Witherspoon
Signed the Declaration of Independence. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was a very important pariot during the American Revolution. He also became the president of the American Continental Congress, was the first and third governor of Massachusetts. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was a very important pariot during the American Revolution. He also became the president of the American Continental Congress, was the first and third governor of Massachusetts. -
Charles Carroll
Charles was a delegate for the Continental Congress and the Confederattion Congress and later a United States Senator. -
John Jay
John was a statesman, diplomat, patriot, and a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States. -
Benjamin Rush
Was a Founding Father of our Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. -
John Peter Mulhenburg
John Mulhenburg was a soildier during the American Revolutionary War, a clergyman, a Lutheran minister, and a political leader. He was part of the Supreme Executive Counsil of the Commonwealth in Pennslyania. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence set into stone, our rights as citizens living in the United States. -
E Pluribus Unum
The motto that the United States adopted and was used for the Seal of the United States until 1956 , when it then chnaged to "In God We Trust". -
John Trumbull Sr
John Trumbull was on of the few people that was a govenor before and after the revolution. He was also the only colonial govenor at the start of the Revolution. -
U.S Constitution
The Constitution is the Supreme Law. in the Constitution it tells you al about our government, its branches, and how it works. There were originally seven articles depicting our government. -
Fifth Amendment
The FIfth Amendment protects people from double jeopordy (being tried for the same crime more than once.) -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was created by the people, of the people, and for the people. It establishes what our government can and cannot do, as well as states several of our rights. -
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain is the power to take private property and make it for public use as long as the owner gets compensation for the property being used. -
John Knox Witherspoon Death
Signed the Declaration of Inependence. -
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis was a French Political Thinker and came to America in order to see how our democracy flourished so well. He is famous for his book, "Democracy in America". In this book he mentions his Five Principles. They are: The Prinicple of Equality, Power, Idustrialism,
Mass Culture, and Indiviualism. -
John Peter Muhlenburg
Was a senator after the revolutionary war. -
Benjamin Rush
Was a Founding Father of our Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. -
John Jay Death
John was a statesman, diplomat, patriot, and a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States. -
Charles Carrol Death
Charles was a delegate for the Continental Congress and the Confederattion Congress and later a United States Senator. -
Aleixis de Tocqueville Death
Alexis was a French Political Thinker and came to America in order to see how our democracy flourished so well. He is famous for his book, "Democracy in America". In this book he mentions his Five Principles. They are: The Prinicple of Liberty, Egalatarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez- Faire. -
In God We Trust
The offical motto of the United States.
