Summary of Denise Kiernan & Joseph D'Agnese's Signing Their Lives Away

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#1 The state motto Live Free or Die is one of the least-subtle state mottos in the United States, and the signers from New Hampshire, especially Josiah Bartlett, lived by this phrase.

#2 Bartlett’s political career took him out of medicine for a time, but he never abandoned his calling. He was a founder and first president of the New Hampshire Medical Society. His sons and grandsons all went on to become doctors.

#3 William Whipple was a major workhorse in the conflict. He was among the first men to help form the new government in New Hampshire, and he was sent to Philadelphia to serve on the Continental Congress.

#4 The story of Prince illustrates the role that African Americans played in the American Revolution. As many as five thousand blacks may have fought on the patriot side during the revolution.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822582569

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The events leading up to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence were as follows: On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed that the colonies break with England. Though the citizenry had debated this point for years, the thought of finally doing the deed shook the delegates. They postponed the vote for a month, and a committee of five congressmen was appointed to write the Declaration.

#2

The signing of the Declaration of Independence happened on July 4, 1776, but the actual signing of the document was done on August 2. The men who were present in Philadelphia and who voted for independence on July 2 were not the same group of men who signed on August 2.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The state motto Live Free or Die is one of the least-subtle state mottos in the United States, and the signers from New Hampshire, especially Josiah Bartlett, lived by this phrase.

#2

Bartlett’s political career took him out of medicine for a time, but he never abandoned his calling. He was a founder and first president of the New Hampshire Medical Society. His sons and grandsons all went on to become doctors.

#3

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