Here is the history of the Declaration of Independence. Declaring independence was approved by vote of the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776. July 4, 1776 – President of the Second Continental Congress John Hancock and the clerk signed the document. July 19, 1776 – New York, which Read more…
On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved a resolution by Richard Henry Lee. It stated that the States were declaring independence. The Committee of Five was appointed to draft the declaration. It consisted of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. Adams was Read more…
It was written by a five man committee: Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman. John Adams was supposed to write the draft, but he deferred to the more talented writer, Jefferson. The committee made 86 edits, but left the Preamble the way Jefferson wrote it. The Declaration was Read more…