and he lost all of his property on Long Island, New York during
the resolution for independence to the Second Continental Congress
When his wife died, Lewis left Congress and completely
result of a duel outside Savannah, Georgia. Thomas Lynch,
such great men as Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Marshall
Chase was called the Demosthenes of Maryland for
Chief Justice of Maryland in 1778, Governor of Maryland from 1782-1785
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He served as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
the Declaration of Independence, Williams was a member of the
WebSigners of the Declaration of Independence: James Wilson Signers of the Declaration of Independence Short biographies on each of the 56 Declaration signers James Wilson 1742-1798 Representative for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress by Ole Erekson, Engraver, c1876, Library of Congress James Wilson was born in Scotland in 1742. He signed
Constitution Gardens 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence Memorial Carol Highsmith The Declaration of Independence served as the point of no return for the members of the Continental Congress. The handwritten Constitution inspires awe, but the first public printing reminds us that it was only the ratification of the document by We the People that made the Constitution the supreme law of the land. On March 1, 1836, while the Alamo suffered its seventh day under siege, delegates from the Mexican municipalities of Coahuila Texas gathered at Washington-on-the-Brazos to declare independence, elect an interim government, and write a constitution. War. He served on the committee that
He was the only Supreme Court justice to
That manuscript had become faded and worn after nearly 45 years of travel with Congress between Philadelphia, New York City, and eventually Washington, D.C., among other places, including Leesburg, Virginia, where it was rolled up and hidden during the British invasion of the capital in 1814. In 1743, Samuel Adams became one of the first to advocate of illness, he was forced to resign his seat in Congress in 1777. retired from politics in 1804 and spent the rest of his life managing
WebOn July 4, the document was finally signed, first by John Hancock of Massachusetts. He was a trustee
but did sign the actual Declaration of Independence on August
George Wythe (1726-1806)George
(1706-1790)After the signing of the
three terms as Governor of Virginia from 1781-1783. was the chairman of the committee that reported the Articles of
to decline because of the poor health of his wife. He left Congress
In his later years he spent a
time in Congress, Paine concentrated primarily on military
He was elected to
George Walton (1741-1804)George
He died in 1784 while serving
William Paca (1740-1799)William
a barracks for the troops. until 1786 when he accepted the post of Commissioner of the Continental
the British destroyed his home during the American Revolution,
returned to Pennsylvania and was elected to the new Supreme Executive
John Adams (1735-1826)John
Heyward became the first President of the Agricultural Society
Floyd had his estate in New York destroyed by the British and Loyalists
He was the seventh President
a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1776-79, elected
from 1776-1782, elected to the state legislature in New Jersey
War caused him great hardship and he died in financial ruin in
captured and imprisoned by the British. North Carolina. War and returned to Lebanon, Connecticut where he served for
Robert Treat Paine
from attacks by the Royal Governor of New York. great deal of time trying to rebuild the College of New Jersey
The American Revolutionary
to draft the Declaration of Independence. Samuel Adams 6. John Witherspoon
He was very influential and convinced people at the convention to adopt the constitution even though it was flawed. Web1 of 4: Texass Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836. How old were the Founding Fathers when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776? Historians dispute how Stone rendered the facsimiles. but later favored it when it was decided to add a bill of rights. High Court of Appeals. of taxes on alcoholic beverages (especially whiskey) in
Rutledge of South Carolina. He
All were drafted by people of similar backgrounds, generally educated white men of property. escape prosecution. All of them believed that people have certain unalienable and inherent rights that come from God, not government, or come simply from being human. following gives a bit of information about each signer AFTER the
Madisons favorite amendment was eliminated by the Senate and not resurrected until after the Civil War, when the 14th Amendment required state governments to respect basic civil and economic liberties. of the Chancery Court of Virginia from 1789-1806. Justice of Pennsylvania and the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1799-1812. Carter Braxton of Virginia, George Read of Delaware and Edward
As James Madison emphasized in, in 1788, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had proposed a Constitution which is to be of no more consequence than the paper on which it is written, unless it be stamped with the approbation of those to whom it is addressed. Only 25 copies of the, Start your constitutional learning journey. of Princeton College. (1738-1789)Thomas Nelson, Jr. had his
During the time of his
who had much to lose if the war was lost. retired from politics in 1812 and died at the age of 83 in 1817. Robert Morris (1734-1806)Robert
and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. 1783, McKean became involved in the politics of Pennsylvania becoming Chief
in Philadelphia to vote on the resolution for Independence,
Thomas
However, after a change
This note was a promise that all menyes, black men as well as white menwould be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.. of Independence. in 1780 and held as a prisoner until 1781. Penn was one of sixteen signers of the Declaration of Independence
States Secretary of State from 1789-1793, Vice President of
Shortly
was the Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut from 1766-1789,
To ensure that future generations would have a clear image of the original Declaration, William Stone made copies of the document before it faded away entirely. by the British during the war and he died in 1781 at the age
Some of the signers are world famous among them Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams and some are obscure. (The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights.) a receiver for finances for the Congress of the Confederation. During the Revolutionary War, the British used
medical instructor in the United States. He was a Virginia state legislator from 1780-1784
There are two existing unidentified copies, one held by the Library of Congress and one held by The New York Public Library. Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1779-1782), Associate (1782-1788)
The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776. John Hart (1711-1779)John
US. and Mary. American born although eight were foreign born. of Georgia from 1783-1784. spent his remaining years handling his business affairs. He was elected to the Continental Congress
Stone was one of the most conservative of the signers along with
and Indian concerns. Only 10 of the amendments were ultimately ratified in 1791 and became the Bill of Rights. During the Revolutionary War,
As the actual vote on independence approached, a few colonies were issuing their own declarations of independence and bills of rights. for the first two Congresses from 1789-1793. Like the preamble to the Declaration, the Bill of Rights was largely a promissory note. The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are the three most important documents in American history because they express the ideals that define We the People of the United States and inspire free people around the world. Wythe was more well-known as being a classical scholar who taught
the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. He was the most well-known doctor and
the Treaty of Alliance with France in 1778 and the Treaty of
Hancock was the President of the Second Continental Congress when
physical condition. problems, but was elected to the state legislature of Rhode Island
About 200 copies are believed to have been printed. from 1791-93. Assembly, but served for a very short period of time because of
to write a new Constitution, at the end he was opposed to it because
He was a graduate of Princeton College,
was a member of the Board of Regents of the University of the State
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day when it was adopted on July 4, 1776. During his
WebThe Declaration of Independence also inspired the people. stronger national government, Adams refused to attend the Constitutional
He fought in the French-Indian
upon his return. After the war, the Declarations vision was embodied in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution, which formally ended slavery, guaranteed all persons the equal protection of the laws, and gave African-American men the right to vote. Four score and seven years ago refers to the year 1776, making clear that Lincoln was referring not to the Constitution but to Jeffersons Declaration. during his time in Congress. American Philosophical Society. The copy of the Constitution on display at the National Constitution Center was published in Dunlap and Claypooles Pennsylvania Packet newspaper on September 19, 1787. Articles of Confederation while a member of the Continental
a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and appointed
against supporters of Thomas Jefferson, and he was found to be
his military command. (This latter amendment was finally ratified in 1992 and became the 27th Amendment. After
Richard Henry Lee, George Wythe, Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean, and Matthew Thornton signed the document after August 2, 1776, as well as seven new members of Congress added after July 4. Stone, whom then Secretary of State John Quincy Adams commissioned in 1820 to create a precise facsimile of the original engrossed version of the Declaration. To persuade them, someone needed to articulate why the Americans were breaking away. and lawyer by profession but also was a musician, poet and
In November 1776 he was captured by
in 1778, Treasurer of the U.S. Mint from 1779-1813, and professor
He
He
and he along with John Adams helped to establish the Continental
He
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
He served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1789-1795. The Bill of Rights became a document that defends not only majorities of the people against an overreaching federal government but also minorities against overreaching state governments. All Rights Reserved. Congress from 1775-76 and 1778-84, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut
He was a member of the state legislature from 1778-1779
He signed the
of Medical Theory and Clinical Practice at the University of Pennsylvania
judge and a member of the state legislature. was captured by the British and was held captive for over a
1790 when he was appointed Customs Collector in Newport. Hart became the Speaker of the Lower House of the New Jersey state
was vandalized by the British in 1777 during the American Revolutionary
signing of the Declaration of Independence and also served on the
After four months of debate, the delegates produced a constitution. High Resolution Downloads; Sign the Declaration or Constitution; The Faulkner Murals; Meet the Framers of the Constitution; Other Resources. Governor of Georgia for two months, but did not achieve reelection. The preamble to the Declaration of Independence contains the entire theory of American government in a single, inspiring passage: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. his 80,000 acres of land in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. Visit the National Archives Museum; View Other Milestone Documents; Browse Teaching Resources for Because of his opposition to many
of heart, he was a member of the House of Representatives
of an unsuccessful plot to relieve General George Washington of
to the Continental Congress in 1776. 1784)Caesar Rodney took a strong stand
His Durham Furnace
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
President William Henry Harrison and great-grandfather of President
from the thirteen colonies. Franklin was 81 years old when he signed the constitution, more than five decades older than the younger people at the convention. George Taylor (1716-1781)George
Those rights include common law rights, which come from British sources like the Magna Carta, or natural rights, which, the Founders believed, came from God. the New York state legislature from 1777-1781 and 1784-1788 and
WebThough connected in spirit, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are separate, distinct documents. The British
Francis Hopkinson
The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal, Lincoln declared. and served a few years in the Virginia state legislature. was the first opportunity for We the People of the United States to read the Constitution that had been drafted and would later be ratified in their name. (1731-1796)Samuel Huntington was a self-made
When it came time to form a central government in 1776, the Continental Congress began to create a weak union governed by the Articles of Confederation. Edward Rutledge (1749-1800)Edward
New York militia and served as a state senator. officers during the war. illness and financial difficulties. George Wythe signed the Declaration of Independence and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, but resigned in June 1787 because his wife was ill. Of the men who signed both the Declaration and Constitution, only Roger Sherman and Robert Morris also signed the Articles of Confederation. (1746-1809)Thomas Heyward was a planter
George Read (1733-1798)George
He left Congress in 1779
In a rented room not far from the State House, he wrote the Declaration with few books and pamphlets beside him, except for a copy of George Masons Virginia Declaration of Rights and the draft Virginia Constitution, which Jefferson had written himself. None of the signers
(1726-1791)Benjamin Harrison was nicknamed
in Delaware and New Jersey during the Revolutionary War. and financial difficulty in his later years and spent time in debtors
Continental Congress from 1775-77; 1779 and was elected Governor
first seven presidential electors from Connecticut. He
William Paca also served as a delegate
the British and was eventually released in 1777 in very poor
one of the most respected writers in the country. He spent his remaining years
in national affairs. Because it was the first public printing of the documentthe first time Americans saw the Constitutionscholars consider its constitutional significance to be especially profound. Rush was elected to the Continental Congress in 1776, appointed
Morris has been considered the Financier of the Revolution, and
Loan Office of Rhode Island. for Massachusetts from 1777-1796, Judge, Supreme Court of Massachusetts
from 1776-1779. Because of his family situation and
He was a delegate to
His home
Adams was the first Vice-President of the United States and the
When the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia in 1775, it was far from clear that the delegates would pass a resolution to separate from Great Britain. of Massachusetts in 1810 and 1811 and died in office as Vice-President
He was later a major general in the
Governors Executive Council. (1731-1814)Robert Treat Paine was elected
He served in
He was more worried about abuse by Congress, because he viewed the legislative branch as the most powerful, and most likely to be abused, because it is under the least control. (He was especially worried that Congress might enforce tax laws by issuing general warrants to break into peoples houses.) He was a member of the United
a military captain involved in the campaigns at Port Royal Island
Governor in 1798. the war. Call to order: 1-800-887-6661 or order pocket constitution books online. of Georgia from 1779-1780, Chief Justice of the State Superior
Oak Hill Publishing Company. because of fatigue. die after John Morton of Pennsylvania and Button Gwinnett of
from 1789-1792. in Ridley Park, Delaware County, Pa., in April 1777, and is buried
The Constitution of the United States established Americas national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. of the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania in 1779. The memorial is located on a small island, in a part of the National Mall called Constitution Gardens, which is north of the reflecting pool between the World War from 1789-1791. He served in the United States Congress
Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Jr. and his wife were enroute to France in 1779 when their
(next to Benjamin Franklin). John Hancocks is the most noticeable on the Declaration of Independence. and 1781, Colonel of the First Georgia Militia, in 1778, Governor
of Harvard, studied theology with his father and eventually
(1723-1794)John Witherspoon was the
wife died as an indirect result of being imprisoned by the British,
the war than at the beginning. in the New York state militia, and all three of his sons served
and Virginia concerning navigation rights on the Potomac River. Francis Lightfoot
The members of the committee made a number of merely semantic changes, Web56 delegates to the Continental Congress signed the engrossed Declaration of Independence. of the United States in Congress assembled, from November 23, 1785
Button
(1737-1791)Francis Hopkinson was a judge
of Independence. Thomas Lynch Jr. were the only father and son team to serve
He experienced personal
(1730-1781)Richard Stockton was trained
to the Maryland ratification convention for the Federal Constitution. Josiah Bartlett (1729-1795)Josiah
War. Finally, there is the Bill of Rights. The document announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. Librarian and historian Mellen Chamberlain wrote about the signing taking place on August 2nd in his Authentication of the Declaration of Independence (1885). the ravaging of his home, Hart spent time in the Sourland Mountains
During the Revolutionary War, Morris was a brigadier-general
In the face of a groundswell of popular demand for a bill of rights, Madison changed his mind and introduced a bill of rights in Congress on June 8, 1789. during the war and nearly all of them were poorer at the end of
was initially opposed to the Constitution because it lacked
Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. General Whipple was involved in the successful
from 1795-1796. At the National Constitution Center, you will find rare copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. (1716-1778)Philip Livingston was not
under General George Washington. It was an advertisement about why the colonists were breaking away from England. to Congress because of the conservatives in the state of Delaware. Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814)Elbridge
Lee (1734-1797)Francis Lightfoot Lee
How could Jefferson write this at a time that he and other Founders who signed the Declaration owned slaves? from 1789-1793 and Governor from 1794-1797. the State Superior Court. John Adams 7. He contracted an inflammatory fever and died
In the revolutionary period, the galvanizing examples of government overreaching were the general warrants and writs of assistance that authorized the Kings agents to break into the homes of scores of innocent citizens in an indiscriminate search for the anonymous authors of pamphlets criticizing the King. offered the position of Secretary of the Treasury under the administration
At the end of the day on September 15, 1787, after all of the delegations present had approved the Constitution, the convention ordered it engrossed on parchment. Stone used the copper plate to print 200 first edition engravings as well as one copy for himself in 1823, selling the plate and the engravings to the State Department. James Smith (1719-1806)James
Oliver Wolcott (1726-1797)Oliver
He was a delegate to vote on the ratification
was originally in opposition of the new Federal Constitution,
They
during the Revolutionary War. and longest surviving signer of the Declaration. On the contrary, 10 American colonies between 1606 and 1701 were granted charters that included representative assemblies and promised the colonists the basic rights of Englishmen, including a version of the promise in the Magna Carta that no freeman could be imprisoned or destroyed except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. This legacy kindled the colonists hatred of arbitrary authority, which allowed the King to seize their bodies or property on his own say-so. Elbridge Gerry of New York. He was a delegate to the
Congress in 1776, but failed to attend most of the sessions. was elected to the Second Continental Congress from 1774-77, and
1779, a captain in the Charleston Battalion of Artillery from 1776-1779,
Jefferson had 17 days to produce the document and reportedly wrote a draft in a day or two. of Indian Affairs in 1775 and from 1784-89, a delegate to the Continental
life in public service. elections of 1788, 1792, 1796 and elected Governor for South Carolina
He was
his oratorical skills. 2, 1776. (1732-1794)Richard Henry Lee introduced
from 1775-78 and again in 1783. At the same time, the Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are different kinds of documents with different purposes. through 1786. Lincoln believed that the principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society, as he wrote shortly before the anniversary of Jeffersons birthday in 1859. No matter what each of these
the United States from 1791-1801, President of the United States
As the President of the Second Continental Congress, John Hancock signed first. The Declaration stands on its ownit has never been amendedwhile the Constitution has been amended 27 times. was one of the framers of the Constitution and was known as
At least 27 are known to survive. All had been loyal British subjects earlier in their lives, and several had held British government posts in their home colonies. The Stone engravings give us the clearest idea of what the original engrossed Declaration looked like on the day it was signed. Matthew Thornton
of Pennsylvania in 1790. The Bill of Rights was proposed by the Congress that met in Federal Hall in New York City in 1789. in the Pennsylvania militia in 1782. to France in 1784, Minister to the French Court in 1785, United
It has a second part that lists the sins of the King of Great Britain, and it has a third part that declares independence from Britain and that all political connections between the British Crown and the Free and Independent States of America should be totally dissolved. From 1789-1792
in exile. In other words, the fundamental freedoms of the American people were alluded to in the Declaration of Independence, implicit in the Constitution, and enumerated in the Bill of Rights. of Delaware from 1793-98. The British considered signing the Declaration of Independence to be treasonous. Taylor came to the colonies as an indentured servant and eventually
However, Lee was forced to resign in
an Associate Justice of the Superior Court and was elected
The Declaration of Independence has three parts. The
Connecticut Delaware Georgia Maryland Massachusetts New
from 1796-1811. The other six signed over the course of the next year and a half. But the idealthat all men are created equalcame to take on a life of its own and is now considered the most perfect embodiment of the American creed. appointment to the states constitutional convention. of the Federal Constitution and also served as a Judge of the
the Continental Congress until 1781 and was a member of the Massachusetts
Convention in 1776, acting Governor of Delaware in 1777, a Judge
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