Drafting the Declaration of Independence

Roger Sherman, Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin were members of the

Declaration Committee

Call for a halt to trade with Great Britain, including an end to the importation of slaves

Fairfax County resolves

Who was president of the Continental Congress?

George Washington

Who appointed Jefferson to the committee for drafting a declaration of independence?

the Continental Congress

A list of governmental abuses by King George III

Jefferson's Draft of a Constitution for Virginia

When did Congress finally adopt the final text of the Declaration?

July 4, 1776

How is Jefferson shown in the "Goddess of Liberty" portrait?

Liberty's Genius

His smooth, eloquent languange

Instructions to delegates of the 1st Continental Congress

When in the course of ________ __________, it becomes necessary for one people...

human events

How did Richard Henry Lee describe the changes Congress made?

They mangled it

Who helped Thomas Jefferson make changes to the Declaration?

John Adams

A fountain from which flowed the principles embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights

On what did Jefferson compose the Declaration and who did he give it to?

a mahogany lap desk; Joseph Coolidge Jr.

After hearing the Declaration read on July 9, what did American troops do in New York City?

destroyed the statue of King George III

What was one change to the Declarationof that Jefferson was critical of?

removing a section condemning the slave trade