Thomas Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration of Independence. To whom did he give the first draft for revisions?
a) Benjamin Franklin and John Hancock
b) Robert Sherman and John Adams
c) John Adams and Benjamin Franklin
d) Robert Sherman and John Hancock
John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. The Second Continental Congress initially appointed five people — Franklin, Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston and Thomas Jefferson — to draft a declaration and Jefferson wrote the first draft. Adams and Franklin made initial revisions and more revisions were later made.
