EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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A the President of the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University.
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A a wealthy Catholic merchant who helped to finance the Continental Army
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A a prominent educator and the “Father of American Medicine”
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A the President of the Second Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
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Detailed explanation-1: -A member of the Continental Congress, Carroll signed the Declaration of Independence. He also helped to write Maryland’s Constitution of 1776. After American independence was achieved, he served in the United States Senate and the Maryland legislature.
Detailed explanation-2: -He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress. Carroll later served as the first United States Senator for Maryland. Of all of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, Carroll was reputed to be the wealthiest and most formally educated of the group.
Detailed explanation-3: -National Park Service-Signers of the Constitution (Daniel Carroll) Carroll, a distinguished Maryland planter-aristocrat, was one of two Roman Catholic signers of the Constitution. He served on the Convention’s committee on postponed matters and took a moderate nationalist stance.
Detailed explanation-4: -Carroll was elected to represent Maryland on the 4th of July, and though he was too late to vote for the Declaration, he did sign it. He served in the Continental Congress, on the Board of War, through much of the War of Independence, and simultaneously participated in the framing of a constitution for Maryland.