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    Stephen Hopkins

    Signer of Declaration of Independence

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  1. A reenactor playing the part of Stephen Hopkins at the Plimoth/Patuxet Museum – photo by Hugh Davies. Stephen Hopkins was born in 1581 in Upper Clatford, a rural village 15 miles north of Winchester, England, where His father, John, was a tenant farmer. The Hopkins family moved to the city of Winchester when Stephan was five.

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    Stephen Hopkins was a politician, Founding Father, and an early opponent of British colonial policies that restricted the rights of American colonists. He became involved in local politics at a young age and was eventually appointed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He represented Rhode Island at the Albany Congress in 1754 and participated in the...

    Hopkins was born on March 7, 1707, near Providence, Rhode Island, and died in Providence on July 13, 1785.
    Samuel Ward was also a delegate from New Hampshire to the Albany Congress. Ward and Hopkins became political rivals over the use of paper money. Ward favored specie — gold and silver — while Hopkin...
    Hopkins played a significant role in Rhode Island’s role in the American Revolution. His pamphlet protesting the Sugar Act, “The Rights of the Colonies Examined,”was published by the Rhode Island G...
    Hopkins was one of the oldest delegates to the First Continental Congress.

    Stephen Hopkins is important to the history of the United States because he was involved in so many key moments of the American Revolution and the pamphlet he wrote in 1764 helped form the ideas behind the concept of “No Taxation Without Representation.” He is also a Founding Father because he signed the Declaration of Independence.

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  3. Nov 20, 2020 · Definition. Stephen Hopkins (l. 1581-1644 CE) was a passenger of the Mayflower on the voyage of 1620 CE which established the Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, USA. He was the only member of the party with prior experience in North America, having taken part in a mission to supply the Jamestown Colony of Virginia in 1609 CE.

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  4. Aug 16, 2011 · Stephen Hopkins was born on March 7, 1707, in Providence, Rhode Island. He married at 19 to Sarah Scott. The two would have 7 children together, 5 of whom would live to maturity. Stephen would outlive his wife and marry a widow named Anne Smith. The two would not have any children together.

  5. Feb 18, 2020 · Stephen Hopkins was born on March 7, 1707 in Providence, Rhode Island. There were no schools in the part of Providence where Stephen was raised, however his rather wealthy family had an immense number of books, which Stephen pored over night and day. This self study, provided Hopkins with a well-rounded education.

  6. 1581 - 1644. Life of Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower passenger, early member of Plymouth Colony . 1609 - 1610. Stephen Hopkins is shipwrecked on Bermuda. 1610 - 1614. Stephen Hopkins works as an indentured servant at Jamestown Colony in Virginia. 1614 - 1620. Stephen Hopkins returns to England when his first wife dies; remarries and settles in London.

  7. Stephen Hopkins was born in Scituate (then a part of Providence), Rhode Island, on the seventh of March, 1707. He was apparently self-educated. He was a member and speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly, and in 1754 was a delegate to the Albany convention in New York were he considered Franklin's early plan of Union.

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