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One of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state.
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John Witherspoon was a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey.
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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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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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Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War
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Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States.
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On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the final text of the Declaration.
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Motto of the US
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A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed.
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The Fifth Amendment says "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger.
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Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution.
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Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution.
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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 right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.
