declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776. The idea for the declaration was presented on June 7 1776 by Richard Henry Lee. ... Congress appointed a five-person committee to make a draft of a formal Declaration Of Independence. ... He resided in Montechello, Virginia, where he composed the declaration of independence. Jefferson got many of his ideas for the declaration from the Virginia Bill of Rights, which was written by George Mason. ... It was presented on June 28, 1776 by the appointed committee, but before tuning their attention to the Declaration, Congress took Lee’s resolution for independence into consideration and was adopted.