When they signed the Declaration of Independence, they were going against the king, which was a form of treason and punishable by death. Therefore, it took courage to sign the declaration, and they weren't scared of doing the right thing.
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When they singed the document they were going against the king which was a form of treason and could be punished by death.
YES! Signing this document was like signing to your death
When British officials read it it would result in them being, well, criminals of the law!
They knew it was dangerous and the britain would call it treason. Anyone who signed could be charged with treason or hanged
Rather so. To sign the Declaration of Independence was treason to the British Crown and this was punishable by death.
The Declaration of Independence was not really published, but it was signed. If you take it that way, the Continental Congress published it.
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July 4, 1776 -------Accutally whoever answerd this the Declaration of Independence was passed by the 2nd continental congress on July 2,1776----Your welcome
Strength- helped colonies gain independence Weaknesses- forced people and families to take sides between loyalist and Patriot, didn't give women certain rights
Yes. The Declaration of Independence was a great influence on the French Revolution. It gave them the basic idea that citizens had rights that even their king could not take away. The French people followed all the events of the American Revolution all the while that they were subject to hardships such as a lack of flour and bread. A more direct influence is that the French published a document entitled "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen", which was modeled after the US Declaration of Independence and which Thomas Jefferson helped write.