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The Declaration of Independence 

The names below are the people who signed the original Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. These people changed the world as we know it. These people were the voice of the United States Of America at that time. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock,
Samuel Adams, Robert R. Livingston, Roger Sherman, Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton, 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, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross, Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean, Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, 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 and George Walton.

What did they stand for? Why did they declare their independence?
They were the voice to end the tyranny and excessive taxation of the British Crown. America declared it's independence from King George III because of his excessive taxation, and the illegal measures he used to enforce his will. Our very 1st. Class-Action Suit in America. So if the founding father's of this country could do it in 1776. You can do it NOW!