Describe the Enlightenment and how its ideas affected Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams and other colonial thinkers the colonies declare independence As their meeting continued in Philadelphia, many memebers of second continental congress has these Enlightenment ideas in mind. on June 7th 1776 Richard Henry Lee a Virginia introduced a resolution proposing Independence for the colonies the nearest solution led to formation of a committee was made up of Thomas Jefferson of of Virginia Roger sherman of Connecticut Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania Robert R Livingston of New York and John Adams of Massachusetts.

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