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Constitution Information: Declaration of Independence

To celebrate constitution day September 17 every year this is a great guide about why this is important!

Who Signed?

Delegates from all 13 colonies: 

Connecticut:

 Samuel Huntington, Roger Sherman, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

Delaware: 

George Read, Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean

Georgia: 

Button Gwinnet, Lyman Hall, George Walton 

Maryland: 

Charles Carroll, Samuel Chase, Thomas Stone, William Paca 

Massachusetts: 

John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry 

New Hampshire: 

Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton 

New Jersey: 

Abraham Clark, John Hart, Francis Hopkinson, Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon 

New York: 

Lewis Morris, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, William Floyd 

North Carolina: 

William Hooper, John Penn. , Joseph Hewes 

Pennsylvania: 

George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, John Morton, Benjamin Rush, George Ross, James Smith, James Wilson, George Taylor

Rhode Island: 

Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

South Carolina: 

Edward Rutledge, Arthur Middleton, Thomas Lynch, Jr., Thomas Heyward, Jr.

Virginia: 

Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Jefferson, George Wythe, Thomas Nelson, Jr.

 

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