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He served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state.
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New Jersey representive for the Declration Of Indepence
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John Hancock was a merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution.
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Charles Carroll III to distinguish him from his similarly named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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John Jay was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States
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Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States.
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John was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States.
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Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, drafted a written proclamation of independence. The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776.
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the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views.
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out of many, one
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"In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States in 1956 as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of E pluribus unum.
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The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.
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the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.
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The 5th Amendment protects a person against being compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in a criminal case.
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Key People: James Madison, Thomas Jefferson.
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he was a French political thinker and work with setting up the Democracy in America.
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Egalitarianism is a trend of thought in political philosophy.
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the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant.
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a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.
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Populism is a political doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions of the general population,