Declaration of Independance

By navySEAL2018

  • congress meeting in philedalphia

    receives richard henry lee's saying congress should declare independance

  • they start to draft declaration of independence

    Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, appointed to a committee to draft a declaration of independence. American army retreats to Lake Champlain from Canada.

  • jefferson makes the document

    Jefferson, at the request of the committee, drafts a declaration, of which only a fragment exists. Jefferson's clean, or "fair" copy, the "original Rough draught," is reviewed by the committee.

  • the declaration is read

    A fair copy of the committee draft of the Declaration of Independence is read in Congress.

  • congress debates

    Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence.

  • congress declares independence

    Congress declares independence as the British fleet and army arrive at New York.