Declaration of Independence Signers
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Abraham Clark
Arthur Middleton
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Harrison V
Dr. Benjamin Rush
Button Gwinnett
Caesar Rodney
Carter Braxton
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Edward Rutledge
Elbridge Gerry
Francis Lewis
Francis Lightfoot Lee
George Clymer
George Read
George Ross
George Taylor
George Walton
George Wythe
James Smith
James Wilson
John Adams
John Hancock
John Hart
John Morton
John Penn
John Witherspoon
Joseph Hewes
Josiah Bartlett
Lewis Morris
Lyman Hall
Matthew Thornton
Oliver Wolcott
Philip Livingston
Richard Henry Lee
Richard Stockton
Robert Morris
Robert Treat Paine
Roger Sherman
Samuel Adams
Samuel Chase
Samuel Huntington
Stephen Hopkins
Thomas Heyward Jr.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Lynch Jr.
Thomas McKean
Thomas Nelson Jr.
Thomas Stone
William Ellery
William Floyd
William Hooper
William Paca
William Whipple
William Williams
Ladies of the Revolution
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Abigail Adams
Betsy Ross
Dolley Madison
Martha Washington
Mercy Otis Warren
Phillis Wheatley
Major Events
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French & Indian War (1754-1763)
Stamp Act (1765)
The Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
Boston Tea Party (Dec. 16, 1773)
Intolerable Acts (1774)
First Continental Congress (1774)
Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty, or give me death" Speech (March 23, 1775)
Paul Revere's Ride (April 18, 1775)
Battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
Adoption of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
Battle of Brooklyn (Aug. 27, 1776)
Battle of Trenton (Dec. 26, 1776)
Lafayette's Arrival (June 1777)
Battle of Saratoga (Sept. 19 & Oct. 7, 1777)
Articles of Confederation (Nov. 15, 1777)
Valley Forge (Dec. 19, 1777-June 19, 1778)
Battles in the South (1780-1781)
Siege of Yorktown (Sept. 28-Oct. 19, 1781)
Ratifying the US Constitution (1787-1788)