The writer of the Declaration was Thomas Jefferson
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The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson with a lot of suggestions from Benjamin Franklin
The Declaration of Independence was drafted by the founding fathers to declare that the United States was no longer a colony. They then went on to draft the Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson, the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence, although he was a slave holder, and the Declaration had many parts taken out in order to get the Continental Congress to approve it.
The whole Declaration is written in declaratvie style, as characterized by the emphatic use of words like SHALL and WILL.
There are a number of writings that are credited with influencing the creators of the Declaration of Independence. Specifically, the works of John Locke and Thomas Paine were a huge influence on Thomas Jefferson.
=THE COMMITTEEINCLUDED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,JOHNADAMS,ROGER SHERMAN,ROBERT LIVINGSTON,AND THOMAS JEFFERSON.THE GROUP CHOSE THOMAS JEFFERSONCOMPOSE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.TWO REASONS FOR SELECTING THOMAS JEFFERSON, THAT HE WAS AN EXCELLENT WRITER AND THAT HE COME FROM VIRGINIA.=
United States: Locke formed the basis of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson (writer of Declaration) based it on Locke's philosophy of natural rights, or as he called them, "inalienable rights," of life, liberty, and property.