Read a student’s introduction to a report about the effect of the United States Declaration of Independence. On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared freedom from Great Britain. But they needed to put their ideas on paper to explain their decision to the public. Five men, including Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, drafted what was to become known as the Declaration of Independence.

Which sentence should the student add to the end of the paragraph to clearly state what the paper will be about?

Thomas Jefferson wrote most of the document, but Franklin made several edits.

The document was written by hand and signed, and then sent to Great Britain.

It was signed by 56 members of the Second Continental Congress.

This document changed the course of U. S. and world history in several ways.