Francis Lewis

On July 2, 1776, the document was sent to Congress for consideration and debate.

two days later on july fourth seventeen seventy six congress unanimously adopted the declaration of independence of the fifty-six signers of the declaration of independence eight were foreign born These included Button Gwinnett, England, Francis Lewis, Wales, Robert Morris, England, James Smith, Ireland, George Taylor, Ireland, Matthew Thornton, Ireland, James Wilson, Scotland, and John Witherspoon, Scotland.

The Declaration of Independence Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's God entitle them, A decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Cesar Rodney, George Reed, Thomas McKean.

New York.

William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris.

New Jersey.