The Declaration Of Independence
Beginning of paper
In June of 1776 a man by the name of Thomas Jefferson drafted a
document to alleviate our great nation from the oppression of Great Britain.
At the age of 33 Jefferson was one of the youngest members of the Second
Continental Congress, but still he held a great responsibility, to break
the bonds b ....
Middle of paper
.... a seat on
the Continental Congress, soon after Jefferson was unanimously elected by a
Committee to draft the Declaration of Independence.
Jefferson Took to work at his desk in the attic of a brick layer's
house where he was staying while in Philadelphia. As a distinguished
writer Jefferson knew just what needed to go into his document, he took the
feelings of the people of the 13 colonies and put them into his words. He
addressed the reasons for our independence, which he listed in a ....
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