There was no age limit, but the average age was 44, the youngest was Edward Rutledge he was 26. The oldest was Franklin at 70. The 56 men who signed were also very well off, none were jobless, none were hungry, and they did not protest for the lack of goods or money.
No, he was just a child when the Declaration of Independence was written.
Well if you are talking about the Declaration of Independence, then it is 236 years old in 2012 Thomas Jefferson wrote it in 1776. As of 2015 the Declaration of Independence is 239 years old.
Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence ...
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, and was 33 years old when the Declaration was written (announced July 4, 1776).
George Clymer, from Pennsylvania, was 37 when he signed the Declaration of Independence.
John Adams was 41 when he signed the Declaration of Independence.
The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to declare that the American colonies were free from British rule and that they were their own country. The main writer of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson, but there were many others who helped write it.
68 years old
He was 56 years old
He was 33 years old
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