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Benjamin Franklin
He was a speaker at the Philadelphia assembly. -
John Witherspoon
He was a signer of the DOI and president of the New Jersey College -
John Trumbull Sr.
He was governor of Connecticut -
John Hancock
Most recognizable signature on DOI, president of the second continental congress -
Declaration of Independance
It was mostly written by Thomas Jefferson, it gave reasons why the colonists were demanding independence from Britain and it justified the overthrow of a government if that government abused people's rights. -
Charles Carroll
Signer of the DOI -
James Madison
He was a delegate of the Congress of the Confederation in 1781 -
E Pluribus Unum
"Out of many, one." was the U.S. motto starting in 1782 -
Alexander Hamilton
He was delegate of the Congress of the Confederation -
John Jay
He was secretary of state in Philidalphia in 1789 -
Benjamin Rush
Another signer of the DOI and a physician and humanitarian -
U.S. Constitution
It was written in 1789 -
Bill of Rights
Went into affect in 1789, It provided protections of Independent freedoms such as the right to bear arms and no quartering of soldiers. -
Eminent Domain
Refers to the power of the government over property in it's territory, DOI -
John Peter Muhlenberg
Senator of Philadelphia -
Alexis de Tocqueville
He was sent to America by the French government to study it's prisons -
Egalitarianism
society of equals, there was no class separation -
Individualism
People are free to flourish -
Populism
Participation of the common people in political life -
Laissez-faire
Letting things take their own course, without interfereing -
Liberty
Protection against tyrannical govornment -
In God we trust
First appeared on coins in 1864
