Foundations of American Goverment

By ABeals

  • John Witherspoon

    President of college of new jersey as well as the only president of the college to sign the declaration of indepedence

  • Declaration of Independence

    The day that the 27 amendents were created and signed by the 56 signers

  • John Trumbull Sr. GOV. OF CONN.

    He had established a extensive trading business unlike the other traders he had a direct connections with great Britain merchants

  • “E Pluribus Unum” “In God We Trust”

    The motto was used to show the symbol of the thirteen independent states along with the imagery of a seal

  • Eminent Domain

    Property may be taken by the goverment or third party use

  • John Peter Muhlenburg

    elected to the First Congress as well served three terms in the U.S. house of representives

  • Bill of rights

    The bill of rights are the first ten amendents

  • Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles

    He was a major observer and philosopher of democracy as well as saw it as an equation that balanced liberty and equality

  • Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire 1860s-1890s

    Are the five principals created by Alex De Tocqueville and stated in 1835 that democratic order by the five principals and are connected to the westward expansion movement and the events that happen

  • “In God We Trust”

    Was the officialy motto instead of E pluribus unum