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Answer:
The railroad boom began in 1862, when president Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act. This act offered two companies land along its right of way in order to speed progress. What railroad had a more difficult time with building their rail line due to the Rocky Mountains.
Explanation:
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.
