Fill in the Blanks Fill in the blanksOnline version Fill in with one word only by Wioleta Antecka 1 by and later the of did to on it of who The Declaration Independence was drafted Thomas Jefferson and then edited by John Adams Benjamin Franklin ( they added 86 amendments ) . Finally , it was Jefferson gathered everything together . The declaration was adopted 4th July and signed almost a month . To be precise , only John Hancook signed on 4th July , and others ( fifty - five delegates ) did it later , most them on 2nd August . The last person sign the Declaration was Matthew Thornton who so on 4th November , 1776 .