The Second Continental Congress decided to choose Thomas Jefferson of Virginia,Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, John Adams of Massachusetts , Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert R. Livingston of New York to sign the statement
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The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the wars expenses led to colonial discontent and ultimately to the American revolution
They took President Lincoln to the Petersen House, where he later died.
