Question

Which group appointed the committee in charge of drafting the Declaration of Independence and eventually adopted it?

Answer 1

Answer:

Correct answer is A. Second Continental Congress .

Explanation:

A is correct as during June of 1776 it was decided that a committee of five will draft Declaration, which was finished in less than a month. Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and John Adams of Massachusetts were the members of the committee.

B is not correct option, as First Congress was held in 1774 with a goal to try to prevent conflict. Still, as most of the conclusions were not accepted by Britain war was inevitable.

C is not correct as this was British body in the colonies.

D is not correct as this body was created after Declaration in 1789.