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To write the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson drew largely from two works, one of them his own, which was called "A Summary View of the Rights of British America." He wrote this document in 1774 and it was widely circulated amongst the Revolutionaries. The popularity of this document was one reason why he was chosen to write the Declaration. The second document he drew from was George Mason's "Virginia Declaration of Rights." This document was adopted unanimously by the Virginia Convention on June 12, 1776. It was put into the Constitution of Virginia and is still there to this day.

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