The Signers of the Declaration of Independance

The Declaration of Independance, signed July 4th 1776, changed the view of America to every country in the world. We were seen as strong and not afraid to take risks. what they didn't know was those 56 patriots who put their names on the Declaration "were not Gods". in fact, they are all one hundred percent more respeted today than they were then. "When we see them in paintings, with their ruffled shirts and powdered hair, they look a little like fops, softies. But life then, at best, was thougher than we know, and they were too." I believe that the reason they are so respected now is because they were so determined then. They were all very smart, started off as well educated businessmen or physicians; it's too bad they all had such terrible lives after. Carter Braxton "sold his home an properties to pay his debts and died in rags" while Richard Stockton was pulled from his bed at night and beated by British soldiers. He later went to jail. I can't believe these terrible things happened to such great men. They pretty much wrote the rules for our country while giving us freedom.