Who signed tthe Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776?

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Actually it was John Hancock and a secretary by the name of Charles Thomson. The others signed it later. It's a bit of trivia.Thx (^_~)

Charles Thomson was secretary of Congress.
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Answer 1

John Hancock

Answer 2

Here are of all 56 signers of the Declaration. The first, largest, and most famous signature is that of John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress. The youngest signer was Edward Rutledge (age 26). Benjamin Franklin (age 70) was the oldest. Two future presidents signed: John Adams (second President) and Thomas Jefferson (third President).
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Delaware • George Read• Caesar Rodney
• Thomas McKean

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

Massachusetts • John Adams• Samuel Adams
• John Hancock• Robert Treat Paine
• Elbridge Gerry

New Hampshire • Josiah Bartlett• William Whipple
• Matthew Thornton

Rhode Island • Stephen Hopkins• William Ellery

New York • Lewis Morris• Philip Livingston
• Francis Lewis• William Floyd

Georgia • Button Gwinnett• Lyman Hall
• George Walton

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

North Carolina • William Hooper• John Penn
• Joseph Hewes

South Carolina • Edward Rutledge• Arthur Middleton
• Thomas Lynch, Jr.• Thomas Heyward, Jr.

New Jersey • Abraham Clark• John Hart
• Francis Hopkinson• Richard Stockton
• John Witherspoon

Connecticut • Samuel Huntington• Roger Sherman
• William Williams• Oliver Wolcott

Maryland • Charles Carroll• Samuel Chase
• Thomas Stone• William Paca

Answer 3

Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton, Samuel Adams, John Adams, John Hancock, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry, Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery, Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott, William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris, Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark, Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross, George Read, Caesar Rodney, Thomas McKean, Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton, William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton

Answer 4

properly, legally, the assertion has no longer status; the foudation for our usa become set out interior the form. And, the assertion wasn't signed on 7/4/1776, yet over a volume of time after that (it become ratified by applying the Continental Congress on that day). The seeds of democracy have been until now. The Black Panthers rewrote the assertion, interior the 60s, to make a evaluate regards to the racial inequality of this usa. So it did have a place in that circulate. i've got faith feminists used it, too, to make that uncomplicated factor. on the founding of the rustic, neither women folk nor human beings of colour have been seen between the "adult males" that have been "created equivalent". And, of direction, there is that pesky bit approximately somebody having "created" us all. BTW, Jefferson did in basic terms a sprint photocopying and in basic terms a sprint modifying. in case you examine John Locke (from whom the innovations underlying the assertion have been lifted), you will see the word "existence, liberty, and the pursuit of aspects" favourite.

Answer 5

ill. John Handcock and he signed his signature big enough so King George could see it without his spectacles