Committee of Five

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committee historical organization

The Committee of Five was a group of American colonial leaders appointed in 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence, including figures such as Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin.

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Label	Occurrences
Committee of Five canonical	3

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	committee ⓘ historical organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
appointedBy	Second Continental Congress ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1776 ⓘ
endTime	July 1776 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	political drafting ⓘ
followedBy	Committee on Style ⓘ
hasChairperson	Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
hasMember	American colonial leader ⓘ Benjamin Franklin ⓘ John Adams ⓘ Robert R. Livingston ⓘ Roger Sherman ⓘ Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
hasPart	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: draft Declaration of Independence
inception	1776 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	Second Continental Congress ⓘ
location	Philadelphia ⓘ
mainSubject	American independence ⓘ
notableWork	American Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Independence draft
partOf	Second Continental Congress ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	completion of drafting task ⓘ
role	drafting the Declaration of Independence ⓘ
significantEvent	drafting of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ
significantPlace	Independence Hall ⓘ
startTime	June 11, 1776 ⓘ
workPeriod	June 1776 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Continental Congress → draftedBy → Committee of Five ⓘ

Robert R. Livingston → memberOf → Committee of Five ⓘ

Robert R. Livingston, drafter of the Declaration of Independence → memberOf → Committee of Five ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert R. Livingston