Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko John Witherspoon (5 Hui-tanguru 1723 <unk> 15 Whiringa-a-rangi 1794) he minita Presbyterian Scottish American, he rangatira pononga, me te Matua Whakatū o te United States. I whakawhiwhia e Witherspoon nga kaupapa o te pono o te Scottish common sense, a, i te mea ko ia te perehitini o te Whare Wananga o New Jersey (1768<unk>1794; inaianei ko te Whare Wananga o Princeton) i noho hei tangata whai mana i roto i te whanaketanga o te tuakiri a motu o te United States. I te mea e kaha ana ki te tōrangapū, he mema a Witherspoon mai i New Jersey ki te
Ko te Kaunihera Continental Tuarua me te hainatanga ki te Hurae 4, 1776, Whakapuakanga o te Motuhake. Ko ia anake te tohunga kaha, ko ia anake te tumuaki o te whare wānanga i haina i te Whakapuakanga. I muri mai, i hainatia e ia nga Tuhinga o te Rōpū me te tautoko i te whakaaetanga o te Ture. I te tau 1789, i huihui ia hei kaiwhakahaere mo te Huihuinga Matua Tuatahi o te Hahi Presbyterian i te United States o Amerika.