South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress

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American Revolutionary-era institution delegation political body

The South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress was the group of representatives from South Carolina who participated in the revolutionary-era Continental Congresses, helping to shape colonial resistance and the founding of the United States.

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South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary-era institution ⓘ delegation ⓘ political body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	South Carolina ⓘ
country	Province of South Carolina ⓘ South Carolina ⓘ surface form: State of South Carolina
endTime	1789 ⓘ
hasMember	Arthur Middleton ⓘ Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ⓘ Charles Pinckney ⓘ Christopher Gadsden ⓘ David Ramsay ⓘ Edward Rutledge ⓘ Henry Laurens ⓘ Henry Middleton ⓘ John Allen ⓘ John Baptist Ashe ⓘ John Barnwell ⓘ John Bee ⓘ John Bowen ⓘ John Brown ⓘ John Bryan ⓘ John Bull ⓘ John Carter ⓘ John Cooper ⓘ John Davis ⓘ John Deas ⓘ John Edwards ⓘ John Evans ⓘ John F. Grimké ⓘ John Ford ⓘ John Freeman ⓘ John Green ⓘ John Hall ⓘ John Hamilton ⓘ John Harris ⓘ John Huger ⓘ John Izard ⓘ John Kean ⓘ John King ⓘ John Laurens ⓘ John Lee ⓘ John Lewis Gervais ⓘ surface form: John Lewis John Lewis Gervais ⓘ John Lloyd ⓘ John Martin ⓘ John Mathews ⓘ John Middleton ⓘ John Mitchell ⓘ John Moore ⓘ John Nelson ⓘ John Parker ⓘ John Phillips ⓘ John Reed ⓘ John Rogers ⓘ John Rutledge ⓘ John Scott ⓘ John Simmons ⓘ John Smith ⓘ John Stewart ⓘ John Taylor ⓘ John Thomson ⓘ John Walker ⓘ John Ward ⓘ John White ⓘ John Williams ⓘ John Wilson ⓘ John Wright ⓘ John Young ⓘ Ralph Izard ⓘ Thomas Lynch Jr. ⓘ Thomas Lynch Sr. ⓘ William Henry Drayton ⓘ John Houstoun ⓘ surface form: William Houstoun
hasNotableAction	contributed to wartime legislation and policy for the American Revolution ⓘ participated in drafting and ratifying the Articles of Confederation ⓘ represented Southern colonial interests in the Continental Congress ⓘ signed the Declaration of Independence ⓘ voted for independence from Great Britain ⓘ
hasRole	diplomatic representation ⓘ legislative representation ⓘ representation of South Carolina in the Continental Congress ⓘ revolutionary leadership ⓘ
location	Annapolis ⓘ surface form: Annapolis, Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⓘ surface form: Baltimore, Maryland New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Princeton, New Jersey Trenton, New Jersey ⓘ York, Pennsylvania ⓘ
partOf	Continental Congress ⓘ
significantEvent	participation in the Confederation Congress ⓘ participation in the First Continental Congress ⓘ participation in the Second Continental Congress ⓘ
startTime	1774 ⓘ

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Arthur Middleton (signer of the Declaration of Independence) → partOf → South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur Middleton