What were the intellectual sources for the Declaration of Independence, how was the Declaration organized, and what was its argument? What was the role of Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five in writing the
Declaration?

1) Most scholars hold that the ideas of John Locke's Second Treatise on Government played a significant influence on the Declaration. Locke's key ideas of “natural rights,” the equality of all men, and the role of government are featured prominently in the preamble.

The Declaration of Independence is organized into five distinct segments with each segment addressing a particular issue. These segments are; the introduction, the preamble, the indictment of King George, the criticism of the British people and lastly, the conclusion.

the American War of Independence, was initiated by the thirteen original colonies in Congress against the Kingdom of Great Britain over their objection to Parliament's direct taxation and its lack of colonial representation.

2) Despite Jefferson's desire to return to Virginia to help write that state's constitution, the Continental Congress appointed him to the five-person committee for drafting a declaration of independence. That committee subsequently assigned him the task of producing a draft document for its consideration.During these allotted three weeks Congress agreed to appoint a committee to draft a broadside statement to proclaim to the world the reasons for the Colonies seceding from the British Empire.

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