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The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
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Continental Congress
Convention of delegates that became the governing body of the United States (1774–1789)
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Thomas Jefferson
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809
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John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801
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Benjamin Franklin
American Founding Father and polymath (1706–1790)
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Roger Sherman
American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father (1721–1793)
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Robert R. Livingston
American lawyer, politician, and diplomat (1746–1813)
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Committee of Five
Drafters of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
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United States Declaration of Independence
1776 American national founding document
The Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America in the original printing, is the founding document of the United States. On July 4, 1776, it was adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress, who were convened…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)