Answer Page
That is the correct answer.
Thomas Jefferson was well known for his writing, and so when the delegates in Congress assembled were tasked with selecting a committee to draft a document to express the colonists' sentiments for independence from British rule, his name received the most votes.
![](JeffersonWritingDeclaration.jpg)
"The Declaration Committee" by Currier and Ives
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Click on the "Betsy Ross Flag" below, or use your browser's "Back" button, for the next question.