Key Terms Research Unit 1

  • John Trumbull Sr.

    John Trumbull Sr. was a colonial governor who sided with the colonist against the British.
  • John Witherspoon (1723-1794)

    A leading member of the Constitutional Congress and took part of moe than a hundred of its committees. After signing the Declaration of Independence, he responded to a person who argued that the colonies weren't ready for Independence. He was a Presbyterian clergyman, and became President of the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University. (1768-1792)
  • John Hancock (1737-1793)

    John Hancock made the most recognizable signature on the Declaration of Independence. The signature was so large that even King George could read it without glasses. When the first version of the Declaration of Independence was printed and sent to each colony, it only had Hancock's signature since the the official document had not yet been drawn.
  • Charles Carroll

    Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Carrol was the only Roman Catholic and the last survivor of al 56 signers dying in 1832.
  • Benjamin Rush

    Benjamin Rush was born on January 4, 1746. He was father of American medicine , founding father of the United States. Singer of Declaration of Independence.He was a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian. He died on April 19,1813
  • John Peter Muhlenberg

    John Peter Muhlenberg was born on October 1, 1746. He was an American clergyman who recruited soldiers during the American Revolutionary War. He died the same day he was born in 1807.
  • Alexander Hamilton 1789-1795

    He became an important member of the first cabinet of the first president as the first secretary.
  • Declaration of Independence 1776

    The Declaration Of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson 1776. He gave reasons why the colonist were demanding independence from Britain. He listed the grievances of America colonists against the British King. Argued that the purpose of government was to protect citizens' unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. He even justified that the government abused people's rights.
  • El pluribus unum 1776

    Is he motto suggested by the committee congress appointed on July 4 it was designed as "A Seal for the United States of America."
  • Benjamin Franklin 1784

    He created the bifocals.
  • U.S Constitution

    The U.S Constitution was written on September 17, 1787. It replaced the Articles Of Confederation, establishing a new national government. It provided three branches of government: Executive with a President, legislature with a two-house Congress, judiciary with a Supreme Court.
  • Fifth Amendment

    The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides, "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.
  • Bill Of Rights

    The Bill Of Rights was written on December 15, 1791 to protect individual'a freedom. It is the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution. The Bill Of Rights were written by James Madison.
  • John Peter

    He was the 59th governor of South Carolina.
  • James Madison

    He wrote the Federalist papers with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay
  • Alex Tocqueville 1835

    He studied prisons and he then included it in the democracy of America.