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Essay Archive - The Writing of the Constitution
The Writing of the Constitution
On July 2, 1776, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston,
Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson finished the final draft of their
Declaration of Independence. Two days later, on July 4, delegates from the
Continental Congress passed the declaration unanimously. The declaration
contained a basic but integral principle which is important even today, and
justified the independence movement for the newly formed United States of
America.
The preamble to the declaration established a small but vital pr....
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