Where did thomas jefferson get the idea for the declaration of independence

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Where did thomas jefferson get the idea for the declaration of independence

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Thomas Jefferson's Draft of a Constitution for Virginia, predecessor of The Declaration Of Independence. Immediately on learning that the Virginia Convention had called for independence on May 15, 1776, Jefferson, a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, wrote at least three drafts of a Virginia constitution.