Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and were asked to write a statement explaining why the colonies should be independent. A) John Adams

B) Paul Henry

C) George Washington

D) John Hancock

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This group of people is known as the committee of five. They are the people that drafted the U.S. Declaration of Independence. It consisted of Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and A) John Adams.

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