What was the five-member group appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence called?

The five-member group appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence was called the Committee of Five.

The Second Continental Congress created the committee on June 11, 1776. Its members were Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Robert R. Livingston of New York and Roger Sherman of Connecticut.

The committee’s job was to prepare a document explaining why the colonies should become independent. Jefferson wrote the initial draft, while Adams and Franklin reviewed it before the committee presented it to Congress on June 28. Congress then debated and revised the text.

The group is sometimes confused with the Continental Congress itself, which adopted the Declaration. The Committee of Five drafted and presented the document, but the full Congress made the final decision on its wording and adoption.