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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.
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The Continental Congress authorized a committee to write a Declaration of Independence to set forth clearly to England what the problems were. The five men who comprised the committee were Thomas Jefferson (Virginia), Benjamin Franklin (Pennsylvania), John Adams (Massachusetts), Robert R. Livingston (New York) and Roger Sherman (Connecticut).
The prime author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. This was authored together with the committee appointed to draft the document.
Second Continental Congress
The Continental Congress authorized a committee to write a Declaration of Independence to set forth clearly to England what the problems were. The five men who comprised the committee were Thomas Jefferson (Virginia), Benjamin Franklin (Pennsylvania), John Adams (Massachusetts), Robert R. Livingston (New York) and Roger Sherman (Connecticut).
The Continental Congress authorized a committee to write a Declaration of Independence to set forth clearly to England what the problems were. The five men who comprised the committee were Thomas Jefferson (Virginia), Benjamin Franklin (Pennsylvania), John Adams (Massachusetts), Robert R. Livingston (New York) and Roger Sherman (Connecticut).
Second Continental Congress
The Declaration of Independence was drafted by the Committee of Five of the Continental Congress. The Committee of Five was John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
yes anyone who signed the declaration of independence is in congressImprovement by Michael Cooke -Yes, he was in the Continental Congress.Well, really he was in the Second Continental Congress. That's where we get the Declaration of Independence, he was also a part of the Federal Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia which drafted the U.S. Constitution. But if you meant was he ever in "modern branches" i.e. House of Representatives or Senate, the answer is no.No. In 1776, while serving as the Speaker of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, he was chosen by the Pennsylvania Assembly as their delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress. In June of the same year was voted to the Committee of Five to draft the Declaration of Independence.
Richard Henry Lee sent a resolution urging the Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to declare independence. Drafts of the Declaration of Independence were written by Thomas Jefferson and approved by the committee formed to draft a declaration of independence. The Continental Congress then debated and revised the Declaration of Independence and approved the final draft on July 4, 1772.
the committee apointed to write a declaration of independence.
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.
He was secretary for the congress and at the age of 33 was put on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence. The committee chose him to write it because they felt he was the most qualified.
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Five committee members.