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John Trumbull Sr.
John was an American artist during the period of the American Revolutionary War -
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John Jay
John 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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John Hancock
John was a merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution -
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Charles Carroll
Charles was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain -
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Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush was a Founding Father of the United States. -
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John Peter Muhlenberg
Petter Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. -
Declaration of Independence
Severed the political connections between the thirteen original colonies and Great Britain. -
"E Pluribus Unum"
The Moto of the United States of America, meaning "In God We Trust" -
U.S. Consitution
Supreme law of the United States of America -
Bill of Rights
the first then amendments of the constitution -
Fifth Amendment
Protects a person against being compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in a criminal case. "Pleading the Fifth" -
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alex de tocqueville and his five principles
Alexis was a French political thinker and historian best known for his works Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution. -
"In God We Trust"
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Eminent Domain
the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation.
