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  • John Trumbull Sr

    John Trumbull Sr
    American revolutionary leader who as a governor of Connecticut provided supplies fro Continental Army
  • John Peter Muhlenberg

    John Peter Muhlenberg
    American clergyman, army soldier during American Revolution
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    statement adopted by the second continental congress
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Statement adopted by the second continental congress
  • Benjamin Rush

    Benjamin Rush
    Signed Declaration of Independence, nationalist leader in the American Revolution
  • John Witherspoon

    John Witherspoon
    American Revolutionary leader and he signed the Declaration of Independence
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    Helped draw the Declaration of Independence and played major role in American Revolution
  • E Pluribus Unum

    E Pluribus Unum
    Adopted as a national motto "out of many, one"
  • John Jay

    John Jay
    One of the founding fathers of the U.S and signed the treaty of paris
  • Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton
    Founding father of the U.S
  • John Hancock

    John Hancock
    Wrote the declaration of independence
  • U.S. Constitutional

    U.S. Constitutional
    Document embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which U.S. governed
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    first ten amendments to the united states constitution
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    First 10 amendments to the U.S. constitution
  • Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain
    Right of government or it's agent to expropriate private property for public use
  • James Madison

    James Madison
    4th president of the U.S.
  • Charles Carroll

    Charles Carroll
    Early advocate of independence from the kingdom of Great Britain
  • Alex de Tocqueville

    Alex de Tocqueville
    French diplomat, historian known for his works democracy in America
  • Liberty

    Liberty
    State of being free from restrictions imposed by authority of one's life
  • Egalitarianism

    Believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve rights
  • Individualism

    Principle of being independent
  • Populism

    Populism
    Belief in the power of regular people right to control over their government
  • Laissez-faire

    Policy of letting things take their own course, without interfering
  • "In God we trust "

    "In God we trust "
    Official motto of the U.S.