Saturday, July 9, 2011

POP QUIZ ( AUTOGRAPHS, ANYONE? )

           Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence, some famous and some not so well-known.
           See if you can match these not-often-celebrated signers with the states they represented in the Continental Congress.
1. Samuel Chase                  a) Connecticut
2. Abraham Clark                 b) Delaware
3. Elbridge Gerry                  c) Georgia
4. Button Gwinnett              d) Maryland
5. Stephen Hopkins              e) Massachusetts
6. Samuel Huntington           f) New Hampshire
7. Francis Lewis                   g) New Jersey
8. Thomas McKean               h) New York
9. John Penn                        i) North Carolina
10. George Ross                  j) Pennsylvania
11. Edward Rutledge            k) Rhode Island
12. William Whipple               l) South Carolina
13. George Wythe               m) Virginia

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Answers :  1. d  ; 2. g  ; 3. e  ; 4. c  ; 5. k ; 6. a  ; 7. h  ; 8. b  ; 9. i  ; 10. j  ; 11. l  ; 12. f  ; 13. m

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