Why did benjamin franklin refuse to write the declaration of independence?
a. he did not want his humor to distract from the document's purpose.
b. he was not from a southern colony.
c. his poor vision made it difficult to write.

A. He did not want his humor to distract from the document's purpose

all people shall have equal rights upon birth and ever after. (when referring to the rights of man the declaration of the rights of man only applied to landowning men who were 25 years or older and paid taxes equal to 3 days worth of work and were not servants.

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