Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by john Locke and the Continental philosophers. What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country. Allison Mari
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The Declaration of Independence was written by the Committee of Five. Members of the committee were Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
The Second Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin, future President Thomas Jefferson, future President John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman to a committee to write the Declaration of Independence. Although Jefferson did most of the actual writing, John Adams was the chair of the committe.
In 1776, between June 11 (when the Declaration committee was appointed) and July 4 (when changes were done and the Declaration was approved).Actually it was July 4th, that's why we have Independence day on that day because the Declaration of Independence was written.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston were all on the Declaration committee.
The prime author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. This was authored together with the committee appointed to draft the document.
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A Committee of Five , consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams. Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston, was appointed to write the Declaration.
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