EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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A the President of the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University
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A a wealthy Catholic merchant who helped to finance the Continental Army
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A a prominent educator and the “Father of American Medicine”
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A the President of the Second Continental Congress
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Knox Witherspoon (1723-1794)-clergyman, educator, and founding father-served as Princeton’s sixth president from 1768 until his death in 1794.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Witherspoon (1723–1794) was the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation as well as serve at the convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution in New Jersey.
Detailed explanation-3: -He also made a mark in politics, serving as a member of the Continental Congress from 1776 until 1782. John Witherspoon remained president of the College of New Jersey until his death in November 1794 and was buried in Princeton Cemetery.
Detailed explanation-4: -Work: President of College of New Jersey, 1768-1792; Delegate to the Continental Congress, 1776-1782; Twice elected to State Legislature of New Jersey.