1. Wealthy plantation owner
Military experience from the French and Indian War
Independence 
Common Sense (Jan 1776)
Influential pamphlet
Written by Thomas Paine
Encouraged the colonies to declare independence
Written in simple language
48 pages

2. Encouraged the colonies to declare independence
Written in simple language
 Committee of Five
Appointed on June 11, 1776
Job was to draft a formal declaration of independence

3. Appointed on June 11, 1776
Job was to draft a formal declaration of independence
Members:
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Robert Livingston
Roger Sherman
Thomas Jefferson

4. Roger Sherman
Thomas Jefferson
Second Continental Congress voted to declare independence on July 2, 1776
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson

5. Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson
Influenced by the ideas of John Locke

6. Written by Thomas Jefferson
Influenced by the ideas of John Locke
Approved on July 4, 1776

7. Influenced by the ideas of John Locke
Approved on July 4, 1776
Began signing on August 2, 1776

8. Approved on July 4, 1776
Began signing on August 2, 1776
Benjamin Franklin quotation:
“We, indeed, must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”

9. Benjamin Franklin quotation:
“We, indeed, must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” #7
Discuss
Committee of Five
Declaration of Independence
Explain the meaning of Benjamin Franklin’s quotation on August 2, 1776.