The main author of the declaration of independence was

The original true author is Thomas Jefferson, who was known for his writing skills and who later became the 3rd President of the United States. But the Second Continental Congress actually appointed 5 people to help write the Declaration of Independence which included Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, although Thomas Jefferson still was the one who wrote the document as the original author. Another note that you might find interesting is that there were 56 signers of the document.

Not sure if it’s within 12 months, but you could talk about the spreading of alt-right hate speech and whether that is covered by the right of freedom of speech? or, cover how during the midterm elections in some states many native american populations were declined to vote because they didn’t have the proper id, despite being citizens? also, the death of that journalist last month, who spoke freely and reported about the saudi government and how corrupted it is and was killed because of that (lack of free press/speech). just some ideas for this prompt, i hope at least one of them : )