The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Congress" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> appoints <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Adams">John Adams</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sherman" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roger Sherman">Roger Sherman</a>, and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_R._Livingston_(chancellor)" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)">Robert R. Livingston</a> to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_Five" id="mwoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Committee of Five">Committee of Five</a> to draft a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" id="mwoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Declaration of Independence">declaration of independence</a>.