John Hancok was originally chosen, but Thomas Jefferson ended up writing it.
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin helped write the declaration of independence!
John Adams is the Massachusetts delegate who helped write the Declaration of Independence. Adams later became President of the United States.
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Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration Of Independence
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Roger Sherman
Thomas Jefferson was chosen to write the Declaration Of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams was not chosen to write the Declaration. His cousin John Adams was chosen as one of five people to write it. Sam Adams was not part of the Second Continental Congress; therefore, he could not have been chosen to help write it.