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Jonathan Trumbull
He was the only colonial governor at the start of the Revolution to take up the rebel cause, and was in office during 1769–1776. -
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States as well as many other things, and signed the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by congress stating that they were no longer apart of britain and they would be regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent -
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. -
John Hancock
John Hancock a American Revolution leader 1737-1793 he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and aid the movement for American independence. -
Charles Carroll
Charles Carroll was apart of the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later United States Senator for Maryland. -
U.S. Constitution
The United States Constitution made America’s national government and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. -
John Jay
John Jay was an Founding Fathers of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States and was in office during September 26, 1789 – June 29, 1795 -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of rights is a group of amendments that was made to ensure that the government was not a monarchy. -
Fifth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment is a bunch of things that you are protected in during a court room for example you can plead the fifth and you are not forced to talk. -
John Peter Muhlenberg
John Peter Muhlenberg was an American clergyman an soldier during the American Revolutionary War he was also in office for 3 years March 4, 1801 – June 30, 1801 -
Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles 1831
Alex de Tocqueville a french writer came to the united states to study our prisons but instead ended learning about our government and how it works and he made his 5 principles "Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire " -
Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain “In God We Trust" the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.
