Question

Which group appointed the committee in charge of drafting the Declaration of Independence and eventually adopted it?

A. Second Continental Congress
B. First Continental Congress
C. Executive Branch of the Colonies
D. United States Supreme Court​

Answer 1

Correct answer is A. Second Continental Congress .

Step-by-step explanation:

A is correct as during June of 1776 it was decided that a committee of five will draft Declaration, which was finished in less than a month. Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Robert R. Livingston of New York, and John Adams of Massachusetts were the members of the committee.

B is not correct option, as First Congress was held in 1774 with a goal to try to prevent conflict. Still, as most of the conclusions were not accepted by Britain war was inevitable.

C is not correct as this was British body in the colonies.

D is not correct as this body was created after Declaration in 1789.