THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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King George III
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Thomas Jefferson
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JoJo Gutierrez
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Benjamin Franklin
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Dickinson of Pennsylvania and James Duane, Robert Livingston and John Jay of New York refused to sign. Carter Braxton of Virginia; Robert Morris of Pennsylvania; George Reed of Delaware; and Edward Rutledge of South Carolina opposed the document but signed in order to give the impression of a unanimous Congress.
Detailed explanation-2: -When King George III first received the Declaration of Independence, he ignored the colonies once again. To him, they were an annoyance, just an inconvenience. To try to create a distraction, he petitioned John Lind, an English politician and writer, to write a response to the Declaration of Independence.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although King George III was the principal target of the Declaration of Independence, he was never formally sent a copy and there is no actual evidence that he ever read it.
Detailed explanation-4: -The 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress represented the 13 colonies, 12 of which voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The New York delegation abstained because they had not yet received instructions from Albany to vote for independence.