THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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Question
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Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
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John Adams
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John Locke
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Thomas Jefferson
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Ben Franklin
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In the central group in the painting, Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration, is shown placing the document before John Hancock, president of the Congress. With him stand the other members of the committee that created the draft: John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston and Benjamin Franklin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although Jefferson disputed his account, John Adams later recalled that he had persuaded Jefferson to write the draft because Jefferson had the fewest enemies in Congress and was the best writer. (Jefferson would have gotten the job anyway-he was elected chair of the committee.)
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