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Founding Fathers
Term | Definition |
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a leader of the American Enlightenment, and an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution. | Benjamin Rush |
first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | John Jay |
an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War. | John Peter Muhlenberg |
as governor of Connecticut helped provide supplies for the Continental Army (1710-1785). | Jonathan Trumball, Sr. |
commander of the Continental Army; served the British in the French and Indian War; 1st president of the United States. | George Washington |
famous for signing his name very large on the Declaration of Independence because he feels that he has the most wealth to lose to King George III. | John Hancock |
The only active clergyman and college president to sign the Declaration of Independence. | John Witherspoon |
only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. | Charles Carroll |
influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence with his idea of unalienable rights. Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness cannot be taken away without due process. | John Locke |
author of the Declaration of Independence, 3rd U.S. president, authorized the Louisiana Purchase, sent Lewis & Clark to explore the land that doubled the size of the United States. | Thomas Jefferson |