After signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Benjamin Franklin went back to work as a printer and writer. In the years that followed, he was an ambassador and elder statesman.
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The Continental Congress created a draft committee consisting of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. However, the actual writing of the Declaration of Independence was performed by Jefferson alone.
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson had been assigned the task of writing the Declaration of Independence. John Adams was a brash courtroom lawyer wanting to argue out every point. Thomas Jefferson was a quiet scholar wanting to reason his way through the problem. Benjamin Franklin could see the issues and solve problems almost instantly. He saw that Adams and Jefferson could not work together and assigned Jefferson the job of writing the Declaration. When Jefferson finished the Declaration, Franklin and Adams went over it and made suggestions and changes, but the document was basically Jefferson's.
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After signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Benjamin Franklin went back to work as a printer and writer. In the years that followed, he was an ambassador and elder statesman.
There were five men assigned to the committee to write the Declaration of Independence. They were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman. Thomas Jefferson is credited with most of the work.
Benjamin Franklin was one of 17 children who apprenticed in printing and eventually opened his own print shop in Philadelphia. He joined the Freemasons by his mid-twenties and teamed up with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington to work on the Declaration of independence.
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The Continental Congress created a draft committee consisting of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. However, the actual writing of the Declaration of Independence was performed by Jefferson alone.
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson had been assigned the task of writing the Declaration of Independence. John Adams was a brash courtroom lawyer wanting to argue out every point. Thomas Jefferson was a quiet scholar wanting to reason his way through the problem. Benjamin Franklin could see the issues and solve problems almost instantly. He saw that Adams and Jefferson could not work together and assigned Jefferson the job of writing the Declaration. When Jefferson finished the Declaration, Franklin and Adams went over it and made suggestions and changes, but the document was basically Jefferson's.
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No one. Robert Livingston, a delegate from New York, was part of the Committee of Five who were chosen to put the Declaration in words. The others were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Roger Sherman. History tells us that Robert Livingston made no contribution to the work, while John Adams and Benjamin Franklin at least made one or two changes.
The primary author of The Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jefferson. He did have other influences on this document, but his work is mostly what affects us today as American citizens.
For a man that accomplished as much as he did I think it would be safe to say the Benjamin Franklin had a great fondness for work.
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