Drafting The Declaration Of Independence: Jefferson Used To Craft A Document Of Such Immortality: History Of Declaration Of Independence (Paperback)

Early in the development, many delegates weren't yet allowed to vote for independence as the states had not yet authorized them to do so. In the meantime, a group of men was appointed to draft an official declaration, with hopes that the states would soon be willing to back the document when it was sent to the crown in England.

On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed a "Committee of Five", consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration.

Creating the Declaration of Independence lets you into the minds of Richard Henry Lee, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson in the weeks before July 4, 1776. Experience Lee's trepidation as he knows when he proposes American Independence to the Second Continental Congress that he is risking beheading. John Adams and Jefferson at City Tavern as they begin crafting the Declaration and follow the story of how Jefferson came to reluctantly draft the Declaration when few others, including Adams, thought that Jefferson's assignment was important. You'll even learn a shortcut Jefferson used to craft a document of such immortality on such short notice.