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John Trumbell Sr.
He was the only colonial governor at the start of the Revolution to take up the rebel cause. -
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John Witherspoon
Signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence. -
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John Hancock
He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence. -
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Charles Carroll
He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland. -
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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. -
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Benjamin Rush
Was a Founding Father of the United States. -
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John Peter Muhlenberg
He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Pennsylvania. -
Declaration Of Independence
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"E Pluribus Unum"
A phrase on the Seal of the United States. -
U.S. Constitution
It established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. -
Bill of Rights
It is a list of limits on government power. -
Fifth Amendment
Provides the right to be tried only once in federal court for the same offense. -
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Alex de Tocqueville
French political thinker and historian. -
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Liberty, Egalitarianism, Individualism, Populism, and Laissez-faire
Liberty is freedom, egalitarianism is the belief in equality of all people, individualism is when all focus is on the individual, populism is the belief that the government should make every decision based on the concerns of the majority of the people, and laissez-faire is the belief that the government should intervene very little in economic affairs. -
Eminent Domain
The power to take private property for public use by a state, municipality, or private person or corporation authorized to exercise functions of public character, following the payment of just compensation to the owner of that property. -
"In God We Trust"
The official motto of the United States.