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Maryland
1.Lawyer
2.Outspoken opponent against British
3.part of chief justice criminal court in Baltimore

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Abraham Clark, New Jersey
- was a lawyer
- was born in Elizabeth NJ
-  during the Revolution British destroyed all his property and his son was captured
-  tutored in math as a kid

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Thomas Lynch Jr-South carolina
- Lawyer
- Played in an important role in the the congress
Died at age 30

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William Ellery
Rhode island
was a lawyer and  merchant
graduated at Havrad at age 15

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James Wilson
Pennsylvania
- My delegate was a lawyer at John Dickinson's office
- My delegate was on the committee of spies in 1776
- My delegate signed the Declaration at age 52

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Samuel Adams
From Boston Massachusetts
Signed the deceleration of independence

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Roger Sherman
Connecticut
on the committee that wrote the declaration of independence
he was a lawyer
he served as a delegate on the second continental congress

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-Lawyer
-Served in the continental congress
-Last person to sign the Declaration of Independence

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Arthur Middleton-South Carolina
He was:
-An avid revolutionary
-An advocator of loyalists property being stolen
-educated in university of cambridge

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William Floyd from New York
-recieved no formal education
-land surveyor
-had a wife and 3 children
-family was from Wales

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Edward Rutledge from South Carolina
-He was captured by the British after Charleston fell in 1776
-Was a lawyer and plantation owner
-Youngest signer of the deceleration of Independence

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john hancock
massachusetts
signed the decloration of indeendence largest and first
i was a merchent
i won an election to the massachussets colonial legislature

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The delegate I Chose was Francis Hopkins from New Jersey. His occupation is a lawyer and a musician. He was a representative in the 2nd Continental Congress. Headed the continental Navy Band and served as treasurer of loans

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James Wilson
Pennsylvania
My delegate was part of the committee of spies
James Wilson wrote the "Considerations on the Nature and extent of Legislative Authority of the British Government" which was an essay that convinced many in the First Continental Congress to do something against the British
He was born in Scotland

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William Hooper
Lawyer
Boston
was in the second continental congress

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Lyman Hall
-Colony: Georgia
-A minister who later became a physician
-Elected state legislature and governship in 1783

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Thomas Jefferson of Virginia

1. served as member of house of bergesses.

2. Became third president of the United States.

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Richard Henry Lee
-Colony : Virginia
-Served in House of Burgesses
-Very famous for his resolution
-Merchant/Plantation owner

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Francis Lewis
1. partly educated in Scotland
2. moved to New York and became involved in politics
3. 7 kids
4. merchant

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Stephen Hopkins
Rhode Island
Speaker for the Rhode Island Assembly
Educated as a lawyer
I am a merchant and surveyor

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State: Boston Massachusetts
Fact 1: Was a lawyer who defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre.
Fact 2: Strong advocate for colonist rights and separation from Britain. Signed the Declaration of Independence.

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Franklin earned the title of the "first american" for his early campaigning for colonial unity as an author
Franklin became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies, publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette at the age of 23

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William Whipple
New Hampshire
Ship captain
Merchant