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John Trumbull Sr.
American Revolutionary leader who as governor of Connecticut provided supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785) Trumbull. -
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John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was born in Scotland and emigrated to the American colonies to become the president of the College of New Jersey. He became a vocal advocate for colonial independence and served New Jersey in the Continental Congress. Becoming the only member of the clergy to sign the Declaration of Independence, He always fought to ensure religious freedoms in the new country. He was also an influential educator with many of his students going on to serve prominently in the new U.S. government. -
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John Hancock
an American merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
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Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll, known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or 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
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 -
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Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush, eminent Physician, writer, educator, humanitarian, is as interesting a figure as one could find in the formation of the United States. A wildly popular and much loved man, he was nonetheless a fallible character. He was born in December of 1745 in Byberry, Pennsylvania, some twelve miles from Philadelphia. His father died when Benjamin was six, and his mother placed him in the care of his maternal uncle Dr. Finley who became his teacher and advisor for many years. -
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John Peter Muhlenderg
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule. -
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
The collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. -
Fifth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights and protects a person from being compelled to be a witness against himself in a criminal case -
"In God We Trust"
"In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States. It was adopted as the nation's motto in 1956 as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of E pluribus unum, which was adopted when the Great Seal of the United States was created and adopted in 1782. -
Eminent Domain
The right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.