Committee Created to Write the Declaration of Independence
Thursday June 11, 2009
Five men were named to a committee on June 11, 1776 to draft a document explaining the grievances against Great Britain. This document would become the Declaration of Independence. The committee members were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston. However, Jefferson took on the task of actually writing the document. Franklin and the committee helped with revisions and then the entire Continental Congress went through and debated the document to refine it to the final copy that was officially adopted on July 4, 1776.
Comments
Hello Mr Kelly
I t has been a long timesince 4 July 1776,
I enjoy your teaching and our constitution
about gone, I think the 17 amendment, took
rights from the states, sincve that time
it is the down fall and it can’t be fixed
Paul
Thank you for helping me to remember where the constitution made a life for me today.
Paul T. Caple,
Why do you think that the 17th Amendment’s provision to allow the voters of a state to choose their own U.S. Senators rather than the legislators of that state is a bad idea?