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
