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Maryland Changes Its Mind: June 28, 1776

Samuel Chase of Maryland, who spent the week of June 20 to June 28, 1776 riding through Maryland counties to reverse the Convention's instructions and authorize Maryland's delegates to vote for independence

On June 28, 1776, Maryland reversed its long-standing opposition to independence in a single week. Samuel Chase rode through the countryside changing county instructions one town meeting at a time.

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New Jersey Authorizes Independence: June 21, 1776

"Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. The iconic painting of Washington's surprise Christmas 1776 crossing from Pennsylvania into New Jersey, six months after New Jersey authorized independence on June 21, 1776

On June 21, 1776, New Jersey authorized its delegates to vote for independence, six days after arresting William Franklin, the sitting royal governor and Benjamin Franklin's estranged son.

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Pennsylvania's Conference of Committees: June 18, 1776

Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the Continental Congress met and, after the June 18, 1776 Conference of Committees, Pennsylvania authorized its delegates to vote for independence

On June 18, 1776, Pennsylvania's pro-independence faction bypassed the colonial Assembly and held a Conference of Committees in Philadelphia. That parallel body finally authorized Pennsylvania's delegates to vote for independence.

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