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Why was Jefferson chosen as the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?

He was the first one to think of breaking ties with Britain.

He was an eloquent writer and supported American independence.

He attended the Continental Congress debates.

He wrote faster than the other members of the Committee of Five.

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He was an eloquent writer and supported American independence.

(John Adams recommended Jefferson — a well-spoken Virginian with a talent for prose — to draft the document for the Committee of Five.)