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8-2.3 Roles of South Carolinians in the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

South Carolinian’s that signed Declaration of Independence….. South Carolinians served as delegates to the Second Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was debated. They were planters that represented the Lowcountry Elite and NOT the Backcountry.

Liberty`s Kids: #08 The Second Continental Congress – (21:37)

South Carolinian’s that signed Declaration of Independence….. Thomas Lynch, Jr. Thomas Heyward Jr. Edward Rutledge Arthur Middleton Each of these men went on to serve in the state militia, defending the independence that they had claimed, and also served in government after the war.

Edward Rutledge Thomas Lynch, Jr. Thomas Heyward Jr. Arthur Middleton

Based on the ideas of John Locke stated the ideals of democracy including … the principles of equality the natural rights of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” the purpose of government to “secure those rights” and the “right of the people to alter or abolish” government when natural rights are not protected by government.

The Declaration…… It then made the case that the King, not the Parliament, had violated the rights of the colonists The litany of actions that “He” did was designed to break the bonds between the King and his loyalist subjects in the colonies and to unify the new nation against a common enemy