when was the declaration of independence signed?

Answer 1

july 4 1776

Answer 2

One of the most widely held misconceptions about the Declaration is that it was signed on July 4, 1776, by all the delegates in attendance.

John Hancock, the President of the Congress, was the first to sign the sheet of parchment measuring 24¼ by 29¾ inches. He used a bold signature centered below the text. In accordance with prevailing custom, the other delegates began to sign at the right below the text, their signatures arranged according to the geographic location of the states they represented. New Hampshire, the northernmost state, began the list, and Georgia, the southernmost, ended it. Eventually 56 delegates signed, although all were not present on August 2. Among the later signers were Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean, and Matthew Thornton, who found that he had no room to sign with the other New Hampshire delegates. A few delegates who voted for adoption of the Declaration on July 4 were never to sign in spite of the July 19 order of Congress that the engrossed document "be signed by every member of Congress." Nonsigners included John Dickinson, who clung to the idea of reconciliation with Britain, and Robert R. Livingston, one of the Committee of Five, who thought the Declaration was premature.

Answer 3

It was signed by John Hancock, then president of the Continental Congress and one other person on July 4, 1776. The other members of the Continental Congress signed it over the next few months.

Answer 4

As a history teacher and an American, I just want to run screaming into the street and throw myself under a car!!!

Answer 5

July 4th 1776 Now ANSWER MY QUESTION PLZ WHAT DOES CHARLIE STAND FOR ?????????????????????