What wre some of the consequences suffered by the 56 signers of the dlecloration if independence?

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Jakob Hayden

30 August, 08:22

What wre some of the consequences suffered by the 56 signers of the dlecloration if independence?

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Brendon Mathis · Answer 1

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.