On June 11, 1776, Congress appointed a "Committee of Five", consisting of John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and Roger Sherman of Connecticut, to draft a declaration.
Progressive reformers targeted voting fraud.
On december 16th, 1846, 15 of the members of the Donner Party strapped on makeshift snowshoes and tried to walk out of the mountains to try to find help. After several days trying to find help they were left starving and on the verge of collapse.
