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  • Eminent Domain

    Eminent Domain
    the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation
  • Charles carroll

    Charles carroll
    distinguish him from his similarly named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Also the only Roman Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence, was also the last surviving signer, dying in Baltimore in 1832 at the age of 95.
  • John Peter Muhlenberg

    John Peter Muhlenberg
    was minister, who during one of his sermons enlisted more then a 100 men into the the continental army
  • John Trumball SR

    John Trumball SR
    He was the only governor at the time the time to take up the rebel cause in the revolutionary war.
  • Benjamin Rush

    Benjamin Rush
    Was a founding father of the U.S. rush attended the continental congress and signed the declaration of independence.
  • John Witherspoon

    John Witherspoon
    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
  • Declaration Of Independence

    Declaration Of Independence
    Statement adopted by the second continental congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which announced the 13 colonies.
  • E Pluribus Unum

    E Pluribus Unum
    out of many states or colonies they all come to being one united.
  • Alexander Hamilton

    Alexander Hamilton
    A delegate to the constitutional convention and major author of the federalist paper, was the united states first secretary of the treasury.
  • U.S. Constitution

    U.S. Constitution
    Established americas national government and fundamental laws and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizen.
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat. as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath,
  • Bill Of Rights

    Bill Of Rights
    A name for the first 10 amendments to the United States constitution.
  • John Jay

    John Jay
    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.
  • Liberty

    Liberty
    the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views
  • James Madison

    James Madison
    made a major contribution to the ratification of the constitution by writing the the federalist papers along with Alexander Hamilton John Jay in later years he was referred to as the Father of The Constitution
  • Egalitarianism

    Egalitarianism
    of relating to or believing in the principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities
  • In God we Trust

    In God we Trust
    It was adopted as the nations motto as an replacement to the unofficial motto E Pluribus Unum.
  • populism

    populism
    a doctrine that appeals to the interests and conceptions (such as hopes and fears) of the general population, especially when contrasting any new collective consciousness push against the prevailing status quo interests of any predominant political sector.
  • John Hancock

    John Hancock
    Was the first person to sign the declaration of independence and a governor of Massachusetts.
  • laissez faire

    laissez faire
    a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering.