The Writing Of The Constitution
Beginning of paper
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 ....
Middle of paper
.... George III] has forbidden
his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance,"
quartering "large bodies of armed troops" among people in the New world and
for "imposing taxes on us without our consent."
Finally the Continental Congress began the process of applying these
principles when the declaration was adopted on July 4, 1776. After this,
the Congress sent the document to the printer. Then, by the end of 1776,
independent governments were functioning in every state ....
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