Psychology Today | 03.07.2026 03:41
On 2 July 1776, in the City of Brotherly Love, delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies who met at the Second Continental Congress voted in favor of the Declaration of Independence. Two days later, on July 4th, the document was officially adopted; another 29 days after that, on 2 August, most signers put their hands to it. Just eight of those signers were immigrants: three from Ireland, two from England, two from Scotland and another from Wales. Another 10 were immigrants’ sons. And every signer to a man had ancestors who’d crossed over from the British Isles.
