The
Declaration
____________________
Independence
was
drafted
____________________
Thomas
Jefferson
and
then
edited
by
John
Adams
____________________
Benjamin
Franklin
(
they
added
86
amendments
)
.
Finally
,
it
was
Jefferson
____________________
gathered
everything
together
.
The
declaration
was
adopted
____________________
4th
July
and
signed
almost
a
month
____________________
.
To
be
precise
,
only
John
Hancook
signed
____________________
on
4th
July
,
and
____________________
others
(
fifty
-
five
delegates
)
did
it
later
,
most
____________________
them
on
2nd
August
.
The
last
person
____________________
sign
the
Declaration
was
Matthew
Thornton
who
____________________
so
on
4th
November
,
1776
.
