Writing of Declaration of Independence - Authors, Summary & Text
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On June 11, 1776, Congress selected a "Committee of Five," including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration of independence.
On June 11, 1776, Congress selected a Committee of Five, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration of independence.
As a young man in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson pursues an education based on the ideals of the Enlightenment.
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This Fourth of July, Learn Who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Did Thomas Jefferson write the entire U.S. Declaration of Independence? If not, then who did? - Quora
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