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Question
What was most dangerous about signing the Declaration of Independence?
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Responses

The signers would lose their political positions.
The signers would lose their political positions.

The signers would be traitors, for which they would be hung if captured.
The signers would be traitors, for which they would be hung if captured.

The signers would be targets of Loyalists' anger and possible abuse.
The signers would be targets of Loyalists' anger and possible abuse.

The signers would have to pay for a war.

Answer 1

The most dangerous aspect of signing the Declaration of Independence was that the signers would be traitors, for which they would be hung if captured. By declaring independence from Britain, they were committing an act of treason against the Crown, and if captured by British forces, they faced severe penalties, including execution.