Author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States

American physican and political leader, a member of the Continetial Congress and a signer of the declaration of independence

Founding father of the united states who served the new nation in both law and diplomacy. he established important judicial precedents as the first chief justice of the united states.

Scottish American Presbyterian minister and president of the collage of New Jersey (now Princeton University) he was only clergyman to sign the declaration of independence

A Lutheran minister and a brigadier general in the continental (American revolutionary) Army.

American patriot leader, the longest- surviving signer of the Declaration of independence.

one of the few Americans who served as governor in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state

lists of grievances against king George III and justifies the colonies breaking away from England

Rights that cannot be taken away: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Americans who favored independence from great Britain during the revolution

French political thinker and historian best known for writing Democracy in America, examining the equalities of social classes and liberty enjoyed in the united states in the 1830s.

abolished slavery

freedom of speech, religion, and press; right to assemble; right to petition

makes farmers slaves citizens of the U.S . all people born in the U.S (except indians or visitors) are citizens

right to bear arms

trial by jury