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There were 56 representatives who signed the Declaration of Independence.
It was written in Philadelphia by a committee of five delegates including Thomas Jefferson, edited for two days by the Congress as a whole, and adopted and signed on July 4, 1776. Other accounts indicate that signatures were added on August 2, 1776.
Who signed the Declaration of Independenc?
The Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783
They signed the Declaration of independance to Declare their freedom