The membership of the group (Benjamin Franklin of 
Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of 
Massachusetts) 20,Rojer Sherman of Connecticut and Roger Livingston of 
New York reflected the hard work of the colonial governments to bring 
the colonies together in united reverse.The declaration of independence contrasted suddenly with earlier 
patriots writings, the British parliament was not mentioned in the 
document suggesting to readers that parliament had never controlled 
authority over the colonies instead, the authors of the declaration 
specifically charged the king with long list of crimes ,the declaration also 
made no mention of the rights of the colonists as English subjects.The rough draft of declaration 
was the work of Jefferson even though it was too soon to speak of the 
United States of America; many of the colonists had begun to think of 
themselves not as English subjects, but as Americans.A committee was formed four days later to draft .