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Which committee was Roger Sherman a part of that drafted the Declaration of Independence?

  • Committee of Seven

  • Committee of Three

  • Committee of Five

  • Committee of Eleven

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Roger Sherman was a part of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence. The Committee of Five was appointed by the Second Continental Congress in June 1776 to draft a declaration that would formally declare the colonies' independence from Great Britain. The committee was composed of five members: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
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