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Thomas Jefferson created the Declaration of Independence and it was the nation's most symbolic piece of possession. It symbolizes liberty, and Jefferson's greatest monument. He summarized what John Locke had already discovered but Jefferson wrote this to show people the breaking between the colonies.
- WHAT happened? - After the Declaration of Independence was signed the "freedom war" broke out and lasted a few years after.
- WHEN did it take place? - This took place on July 4, 1776.
- WHERE did it take place? - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Pennsylvania State House
- HOW did it happen? - When Jefferson wrote the Declaration he sent it to Adams and Franklin to help him write a better rough draft.
- WHY did it happen? - Jefferson wanted to write the Declaration to "place before mankind the common sense of the matter in terms so plain and simple as to command their assent."