H3b - Declaration of Independence 

Button Gwinnett was picked to attend the 2nd Continental Congress. He supported independence from England. After the 2nd Continental Congress, he supported and fought for the 1777 Georgia Constitution. 

Gwinnett was a merchant and a plantation owner. 

Gwinnett was wounded in a dual with Lachlan McIntosh.  His wound later proved to be deadly. He died shortly after signing the Declaration of Independence. With his death at such a young age, his autograph is highly sought after. 

Gwinnett County is named after him. 

Lyman Hall was a minster and a doctor. He represented Georgia at the 2nd Continental Congress but refused to vote because he didn't represent the whole state.   

In 1776, Gwinnett and Walton joined him and they signed the Declaration of Independence. 

Hall was elected Governor in 1783 and was helped in the founding of the University of Georgia. Hall County was named in his honor.

Out of the three signers of the Declaration of Independence, George Walton was politically the most successful. 

Walton was a lawyer, governor, senator, chief justice, and judge. He was elected to the 2nd Continental Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence. 

Walton County was named in his honor.  

The final part of the Declaration of Independence is where the colonist finally declared they were independent from England. This is what formed the United States of America.