Drafting of the United States Declaration of Independence

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The Drafting of the United States Declaration of Independence was the 1776 process in which Thomas Jefferson and other members of the Continental Congress composed the foundational document formally asserting the American colonies’ separation from Great Britain.

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instanceOf historical event ⓘ
legislative drafting process ⓘ
political process ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Thirteen American colonies ⓘ
linked to: Thirteen Colonies

United States ⓘ
chronologyWithin American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
followedBy adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 ⓘ
signing of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ
follows appointment of the Committee of Five ⓘ
hasAuthor Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
hasCoAuthor Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
Robert R. Livingston ⓘ
Roger Sherman ⓘ
hasEndDate 1776-07-04 ⓘ
hasPart Thomas Jefferson’s initial draft ⓘ
appointment of the Committee of Five ⓘ
approval of the final text ⓘ
debate and editing by the Continental Congress ⓘ
revisions by the Committee of Five ⓘ
hasParticipant Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
John Adams ⓘ
Robert R. Livingston ⓘ
Roger Sherman ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
members of the Second Continental Congress ⓘ
hasPurpose to announce independence to the world ⓘ
to assert natural rights and popular sovereignty ⓘ
to justify separation from Great Britain ⓘ
hasStartDate 1776-06-11 ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ
John Locke’s theories of natural rights ⓘ
colonial grievances against British rule ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Pennsylvania State House ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Second Continental Congress ⓘ
mainSubject United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
organizedBy Second Continental Congress ⓘ
precededBy Lee Resolution ⓘ
result final text of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
significance formal articulation of American independence ⓘ
foundation of American political identity ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ
congressional editing of the draft ⓘ
presentation of draft to Congress ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
year 1776 ⓘ

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