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Egalitarianism
A way of thought that all people are equal. That all humans are equal in fundamental worth or social status. -
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John Trumbull Sr
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John Witherspoon
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Charles Carroll
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John Hancock
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John Jay
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Benjamin Rush
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Decleration Of Independence
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e pluribus unum
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John Trumbull Sr.
A painter and teacher who lived during the American Revolutiona. Most of his most famous paintings were based off of what he saw during the war. -
U.S. Constitution
The supreme law of the United States. Supplies the nation with structure for the government. -
Bill Of Rights
the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed to assuage the fears of Anti-Federalists -
5th 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 -
John Hancock
An U.S. merchant who was also president of the "Continental Congress" and the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence. -
John Witherspoon
A Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. -
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. -
Benjamin Rush
was a Founding Father of the United States. Also a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, educator and humanitarian, -
laissez-faire
The absence by the governments. Government not allowed to interfer in the workings of the free market. -
Individualism
A social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control. -
John Jay
An American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States, signer of the Treaty of Paris, and first Chief Justice of the United States. -
Alex de Tocqueville and his Five Principles
A men that had numerouse concerns and ideas of the power of the government. He was also very interested in the structure of governments. -
Charles Carroll
a rich planter from Maryland and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. -
Libery
the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. -
Populism
A political doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions of the general population. -
“In God We Trust”
Was created as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of "E pluribus unum". It is also placed on every currency made by the U.S. government. -
Eminent Domain
The right for the government or its agent to occupy private property for public use, but must give with payment of compensation.
