Who wrote it? and What was it?

The Declaration of Independence was the document officially declaring the colonies’ independence from Great Britain. It was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson. By this point in Georgia, Royal Governor James Wright had been taken out of power and the colony was under control of the patriots. Three Georgians, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton, attended the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence.