About two months
The Second Continental Congress appointed a five-man committee to write the Declaration of Independence on June 11, 1776. The other members of the committee asked Thomas Jefferson to write the first draft. It took him two and a half weeks. He then showed it to other members of the committee, who made minor changes. It was submitted to Congress on June 28, 1776. Major changes were made there and the revised declaration was adopted on July 4, 1776. From appointment of the committee to adoption by the Congress was 23 days.
It took him about 17 days to write
About two months
Th Declaration of Independence was written over 200 years +
about 2 months
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration over 17 days.
When members of the Congress asked Thomas Jefferson to draft the DEclaration of Independence he did so. It only took 3 weeks for him to write it. Years later Thomas decided to make his words into reality in Virginia. :]
About two months
Th Declaration of Independence was written over 200 years +
About 2 months
about 2 months
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration over 17 days.
5000-7000 years
The battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts are considered to be the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, so fighting had been in progress for 14 and a half months.
When members of the Congress asked Thomas Jefferson to draft the DEclaration of Independence he did so. It only took 3 weeks for him to write it. Years later Thomas decided to make his words into reality in Virginia. :]
The Declaration of Independence was written and completed on a single sheet of paper.
The committee presented the final draft before Congress on June 28, 1776, and Congress adopted the final text of the Declaration of Independence on July 4.
No, America was already a country long before Kennedy was born. Thomas Jefferson signed the Decloration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson took 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence, and the Second Continental Congress spent two days making some changes to the document. On July 4th, 1776, the Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence, which is why the United States celebrates that date each year as its Independence Day from Great Britain.