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Thomas Jefferson. The Continental Congress assigned five people to a committee to write the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson, one of the members of the Committee, was asked by the others to write the first draft. Benjamin Franklin and another future President, John Adams, were also members of the committee and made a few comments, but the Declaration as adopted by the Continental Congress was essentially the same as Jefferson's draft.
Congress selected a committee to draft a declaration of independence. The committee was composed of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
george washington wrote the declaration of independence in us
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in late June, 1776. With him on the drafting committee were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
Thomas Jefferson was 33 when he wrote the declaration of Independence
Why did the other members of the continental congress choose Thomas Jefferson to write the declaration of independence
which man wrote the declaration of independence's was not at the constitutional convention
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in late June, 1776. With him on the drafting committee were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.