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wrote the Declaration of Independence to justify the British colonies' move toward independenc who

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Thomas Jefferson. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (drafted in 1776). A five‑member committee (Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston) prepared the document, which the Continental Congress adopted on July 4, 1776 to justify the colonies' break with Britain.