-
Laissez-faire
is an economic system in which transactions between private parties are free from government interference such as regulations, privileges, tariffs, and subsidies. -
Period: to
John Knox Witherspoon
John Knox Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States -
Period: to
John Hancock
John Hancock was 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. -
Period: to
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. -
Period: to
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. -
Period: to
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian -
Period: to
John Peter Muhlenberg
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 -
Period: to
John Trumbull Sr.
John Trumbull was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War and was notable for his historical paintings. His Declaration of Independence was used on the reverse of the two-dollar bill -
Declaration of Independence
The Independence was a List of reason why we ( the Great America) wanted to be independent from Great Britain.
Thomas Jefferson wrote a majority of this great document and had very little help from the others. -
E Pluribus Unum
The original motto of the United States was secular. "E Pluribus Unum" is Latin for "One from many" or "One from many parts." It refers to the welding of a single federal state from a group of individual political units -- originally colonies and now states. -
Egalitarianism
of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities. -
Constitution of United States of America
This was the same place the Declaration of Independence was signed. The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention—now known as the Constitutional Convention—which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787. It was signed on September 17, 1787. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is a name for the first 10 amendments of the 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. -
Period: to
alexis de tocqueville
De La Démocratie en Amérique is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville. Its title translates as On Democracy in America, but English translations are usually simply entitled Democracy in America -
populism
Populism is a political ideology that holds that virtuous citizens are mistreated by a small circle of elites, who can be overthrown if the people recognize the danger and work together. -
Individualism
the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. -
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.
