The one responsible for the declaration of independane is Jefferson.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were the core of the group responsible for the Declaration of Independence with Jefferson doing most of the writing. Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman were also on the committee but did not significantly contribute to the actual document.
Thomas Jefferson was assigned to write a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, but he was not the most responsible. The Second Continental Congress was.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence for the United States of America, in addition to making many/most of the important edits to it. Some others did participate in the writing of it, but it's Thomas Jefferson who contributed the original write-up and was most influential in it's development, and as such, he is credited for the writing of the historical document.
The Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock was the most visible signer of the declaration of independence
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were the core of the group responsible for the Declaration of Independence with Jefferson doing most of the writing. Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman were also on the committee but did not significantly contribute to the actual document.
Thomas Jefferson was assigned to write a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, but he was not the most responsible. The Second Continental Congress was.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was assigned to write a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, but he was not the most responsible. The Second Continental Congress was.
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Thomas Jefferson.
john Locke
No one was solely responsible for the Declaration of independence. It was written by several different men, not based one just one mans opinion. A better Question would be "Who influenced the making of the Declaration of independence the most."
Most of the writing of the American Declaration of Independence was done by Thomas Jefferson.
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence for the United States of America, in addition to making many/most of the important edits to it. Some others did participate in the writing of it, but it's Thomas Jefferson who contributed the original write-up and was most influential in it's development, and as such, he is credited for the writing of the historical document.