... of coarse all the other colonies wanted independence too. So congress agreed and had all the colonies make up their own government. As a result to all of this congress appointed Thomas Jefferson who was a Virginian lawyer who is known for his "broad knowledge and skillfully crafted prose," to write the declaration of independence. Though the whole idea of the declaration of ... life liberty and property but they needed some ground rules so they developed the declaration of independence. There are many well-known people in history that signed this document including, Thomas Jefferson, Be...

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