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Eminent Domain ( Written by the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius)
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
Ben Franklin
Born January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790
During the American Revolution, he served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He also negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War (1775-83). In 1787, in his final significant act of public service, he was a delegate to the convention that produced the U.S. Constitution. -
John Witherspoon
Born February 5, 1723 - Died November 15 1794
John Knox Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and a Founding Father of the United States.Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish Common Sense Realism, and while president of the College of New Jersey (1768–94; now Princeton University), became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national character. -
John Hancock
Born January 23, 1737 - Died October 8th, 1793.
John Hancock was an American merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress. -
Charles Carroll
Born September 19, 1737 - Died November 14,1832.
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. -
John Jay
Born December 12, 1745 - Died May 17, 1829
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. -
Benjamin Rush
Born January 4th, 1746 - Died April 19th, 1813.
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. -
John Peter Muhlenberg
Born October 1, 1746 - Died October 1, 1807.
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 -
James Madison
Born March 16, 1751 - Died June 28 1836
James Madison, America's fourth President (1809-1817), made a major contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. In later years, he was referred to as the "Father of the Constitution." -
Alexander Hamilton
Born January 11, 1755 - Died July 12, 1804. Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, the founder of the Federalist Party, the world's first voter-based political party, the founder of the United States Coast Guard, and the founder of The New York Post newspaper. -
John Trumbull Sr
Born June 6th, 1756 - Died November 10th, 1843.
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 painting was used on the revers of the two-dollar bill. -
" E Pluribus Unum"
out of many, one (the motto of the US).
E pluribus unum is the motto suggested by the committee Congress appointed on July 4, 1776 to design "a seal for the United States of America." -
Declaration of Independence
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. -
U.S. Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America.The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles entrench the doctrine of the separation of powers, the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal court -
Bill Of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Ratified December 15, 1791. -
Alexis de Tocqueville (cont)
Populism - political party of the people
Laissez-Faire - Free Economy which the government intervenes as little as possible. -
Alexis de Tocqueville
Born July 29, 1805 - Died April 16, 1859
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French diplomat, political scientist, and historian. He was best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution.
Liberty - Freedom and the right to be free without involvement from the Government.
Egalitarianism - Its equality in all aspects in life, social, political, economical and etc.
Individualism - Being able to be different than others, having your own thoughts -
" 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.
