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Delegates to the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of independence in independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA, on August 2, 1776.
The delegates included: |George Read | Caesar Rodney | Thomas McKean | George Clymer | Benjamin Franklin | Robert Morris | John Morton | Benjamin Rush |
George Ross | James Smith | James Wilson | George Taylor |John Adams | Samuel Adams | John Hancock | Robert Treat Paine | Elbridge Gerry Josiah Bartlett | William Whipple | Matthew Thornton | Stephen Hopkins | William Ellery | Lewis Morris | Philip Livingston | Francis Lewis | William Floyd | Button Gwinnett | Lyman Hall | George Walton |
Charles Carroll | Samuel Chase | Thomas Stone | William Paca |Samuel Huntington | Roger Sherman | William Williams | Oliver Wolcott |Abraham Clark | John Hart | Francis Hopkinson | Richard Stockton | John Witherspoon |Edward Rutledge | Arthur Middleton | Thomas Lynch, Jr. | Thomas Heyward, Jr. |William Hooper | John Penn | Joseph HewesRichard Henry Lee | Francis Lightfoot Lee | Carter Braxton | Benjamin Harrison | Thomas Jefferson | George Wythe | Thomas Nelson, Jr. |
Establishing colonies would also allow Spain to increase its trade. This would also benefit the Spanish economy. Another reason for establishing colonies in the Americas was to spread their religion. The Spanish were Catholic and they wanted to do missionary work and spread the Catholic religion.