<P> The Committee of Five of the Second Continental Congress was a team of five men who drafted and presented to the Congress what would become America's Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776 . This Declaration committee operated from June 11, 1776 until July 5, 1776, the day on which the Declaration was published . </P> <P> The members of this group were: </P> <Ul> <Li> John Adams, representative of Massachusetts--became the second US President </Li> <Li> Thomas Jefferson, representative of Virginia--became the third US President </Li> <Li> Benjamin Franklin, representative of Pennsylvania--known as one of the most famous of the Founding Fathers, and first US Minister to France </Li> <Li> Roger Sherman, representative of Connecticut--the only person to sign all four of the US state papers: the Continental Association, the Declaration, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution </Li> <Li> Robert Livingston, representative of New York--negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as the Minister to France </Li> </Ul> <Li> John Adams, representative of Massachusetts--became the second US President </Li>

Who was in charge of writing the declaration of independence