>>146721 cont... The Declaration of Independence is generally regarded as one of the most famous documents in the history of the world. On June 10, 1776, the Continental Congress appointed a committee, consisting of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote out a rough draft of the Declaration, which was carefully revised by the committee and presented to Congress for adoption.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE In Congress, July 4, 1776 THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION of the THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
