Whatever happened to the signers of the Declaration of Independence?

The main point of this piece was to exemplify how brave and how much the signers had to sacrifice in order to fulfill their pledges. They gave up their wealth, land, family, etc. all so that the United States could emerge. I believe this is very heroic of all of them because they knew that they were going to have to sacrifice a lot if they were to successfully create a nation. John Hart had it the worst, in my opinion,. "Driven from his wifes bedside as she was dying... returning to find his wife dead and children vanished," (pg.70). So, I agree that these men were heroes for our nation, and that without there mighty sacrifices our nation would not be what it is today. It might not even exist.