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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 was also an influential educator, with many of his students going on to serve prominently in the new U.S. government. -
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator as well as the founder of Dickinson College. -
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. -
Fifth amendment
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. -
the declaration of independence
the break up between the british empire and U.S.A. -
E Pluribus Unum
E pluribus unum —Latin for "Out of many, one" — is a 13-letter traditional motto of the United States, appearing on the Great Seal along with Annuit coeptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782. -
bill of rights
the first 10 amendments to the US constitution
