Reponse to "What Happened To the Signers of the Declaration of Independence."

"They paid their price and freedom was born" (57). In life, if you want something you usually have to sacrifice something else to get it. Whether its money, time, a valuable item, or dedication, you'll have to lose it to gain. The men who signed the Declaration of Independence knew that by putting their names on a controversial document could, and probably would, cause some sort of negative consequence.  At first, independence seemed almost unreachable, unavoidable. But these men put their lives and the lives of their family in danger to do something good for their country. While the rest of the country benefited from the Declaration and their conditions improved, the men that signed the Declaration did not. These men were rich, white upperclassman that used to live life luxuriously and carefree. Once they signed their name to this controversial document they put their lives under a microscope. Suddenly they were faced with problems they had never encountered, or would have ever encountered, before. Many lost their lives, were beaten, lost their family, lost their property, lost their money. You must lose to gain.