The Declaration Committee
An 1876 print of the "Declaration Committee," that drafted the Declaration of Independence In Philadelphia PA. The Committee Includes Thomas Jefferson, Roger
Sherman, 
Benjamin Franklin Robert R.
Livingston, and
John Adams
Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775 and they declared themselves the government. They also named George Washington Commander in Chief of the newly organized army.
Quote From Declaration of Independence
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On July 4th, 1776, Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. The United States is born
John Hancock Signed The Declaratin with A Large Signature
So King George Would not need his glases to See Hancocks Signature
The background events leading to the Declaration of Independence and the Revolutionary war may beLEARNED at history.org 0r Surfnetkids
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