Important People

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5 MAN COMITTEE

The five man committee was responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence and presenting it.

Thomas Jefferson

- Drafted the Declaration of Independence

- Delegate from Virginia

John Adams

- Assisted with revising the draft of the Declaration

of Independence

- Delegate from Massachusetts

Benjamin Franklin

- Also assisted with revising the draft of the Declaration

of Independence

- Delegate from Pennsylvania

Roger Sherman

- Delegate from Connecticut