Charles Carroll's Contribution To The Continental Congress

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Charles Carroll was born in Annapolis, Maryland on September 19th
, 1737. He was a strong supporter for the armed resistance with the object of separation from Great Britain. He served on the first Committee of Safety in 1775. Carroll also served in the Provincial Congress.
He visited the Continental Congress in 1776. After his return from being enrolled in a mission in
Canada, the Maryland Convention decided to join in support for the Revolution. Charles Carroll was elected to represent Maryland on July 4th and though he was too late to vote for the
Declaration, he did sign it. He served in the Continental Congress and also on the Board of War.
In 1778, Carroll went back to Maryland to be involved in the formation of the state government.
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He was elected to Congress in 1775, although he didn't do much. He was a member of the committee that framed the Articles of Confederation. He took part in signing the declaration of independence, because he voted toward it. In 1783, he was elected to the Congress to serve as a chairman. He died at the age of forty-four, and little is known about him accounting his life after the signing.
John Hancock was born January 12th
, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts, which is now
Quincy, Massachusetts. He delivered a public address to a large crowd in Boston, commemorating the Boston Massacre. In 1774, he was elected to the Provincial Congress of
Massachusetts and also to the Continental Congress. When president Peyton Randolph resigned in 1776, Hancock took over his position. He retired in 1777, then he was elected to the
Governorship of the state where he served for five years, declined reelection, and was again elected in 1787. Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence because he was the president of the Continental Congress. He signed the document rather large which is why his signature is so recognizable. He also was the first to sign it and he did so in an entirely blank space.

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