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John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States. -
Declaration of Independence
the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. -
U.S. Constitution
A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. It was drafted by the Constitutional Convention and later supplemented by the Bill of Rights and other amendments. -
Bill of Rights
a formal declaration of the legal and civil rights of the citizens of any state, country, federation. -
Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles
Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire -
"In God We Trust"
As a result, the 84th Congress passed a joint resolution "declaring IN GOD WE TRUST the national motto of the United States." The law was signed by President Eisenhower.