On July 4, 1776, delegates to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence.
The men who issued that famous document realized they were signing their own death warrants, since the British would consider them traitors.
Many suffered hardship during the Revolutionary War.
- William Floyd of New York saw the British use his home for a barracks. His family fled to Connecticut, where they lived as refugees. After the war Floyd found his fields stripped and house damaged.
- Richard Stockton of New Jersey was dragged from his bed, thrown into prison, and treated like a common criminal. His home was looted and his fortune badly impaired. He was released in 1777, but his health was broken. He died a few years later...
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