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John Trumbull Sr.
John Trumbull Was One Of The Only Two Colonial Governors To Continue In Office After Independence. He Also Served As Deputy - Governor Of The Colony Of Conn. He Also Was The First Commissary General Of The Continental Army And An Early Member Of The Board Of War. -
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was born in Scotland and emigrated to the American colonies to become the president of the College of New Jersey. He became a vocal advocate for colonial independence and served New Jersey in the Continental Congress. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was an American merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. 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, so much so that the term John Hancock has become, in the United States, a synonym for a signature. -
Charles Carroll
He Was An Early Advocate Of Independence From The Kingdom Of Great Britain. He Was A Member Of Annapolis' First Committee Of Safety. He Was Elected To The Continental Congress. He Was Also A Slaveholder . He Retired From Public Life In 1801. -
John Jay
John Jay Was An American Statesmen . He Also Was One Of The Founding Fathers Of The United States . He Also Signed The Treaty Of Paris . He Also Was The First Chief Justice Of The United States. He Also Was A Journalist -
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush Was Also A Founding Father Of The United States. He Also Was A Civic Leader In Philadelphia. He Also Was The Founder Of Dickerson College In Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He Was An Educator . He Also A Physician . -
John Peter Muhlenburg
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. A Lutheran minister, he served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Pennsylvania. -
Declaration Of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule. Instead they formed a new nation the United States of America -
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. -
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. -
Bill Of Rights
Bill of Rights Transcript Text. On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States proposed 12 amendments to the Constitution. Ten of the proposed 12 amendments were ratified by three-fourths of the state legislatures on December 15, 1791. -
Fifth Amendement
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 . -
E Pluribus Unum
out of many, one (the motto of the US). -
Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation. -
Alex de Tocqueville
Alex 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 . In both he analyzed the improved living standards and social conditions of individuals, as well as their relationship to the market and state in Western societies. Democracy in America was published after Tocqueville's travels in the United States and is today considered an early work of sociology and political science.
