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Georgia Votes for Independence: July 2, 1776

Button Gwinnett, one of three Georgia delegates who voted for independence on July 2, 1776. His signature is among the rarest and most valuable of any signer of the Declaration of Independence, because he died in a duel less than a year later.

On July 2, 1776, Georgia's three delegates voted for independence in the Continental Congress. None of them had been born in Georgia. The youngest colony was represented by a merchant from Gloucestershire alongside a defrocked Connecticut minister and a Virginia-born lawyer.

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South Carolina Votes Yes: July 2, 1776

Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence at age 26, who changed his vote from no to yes on the night of July 1, 1776 to bring South Carolina over for independence

On July 2, 1776, South Carolina voted for independence in the Continental Congress. The night before, the youngest delegate in the entire Congress, Edward Rutledge at age 26, had changed his mind and brought his colony over.

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Maryland Changes Its Mind: June 28, 1776

Samuel Chase of Maryland, who spent the week of June 20 to June 28, 1776 riding through Maryland counties to reverse the Convention's instructions and authorize Maryland's delegates to vote for independence

On June 28, 1776, Maryland reversed its long-standing opposition to independence in a single week. Samuel Chase rode through the countryside changing county instructions one town meeting at a time.

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