John Hancock

Examples of John Hancock in the following topics:

• The Second Continental Congress

  • Notable new arrivals included Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and John Hancock of Massachusetts.
  • Henry Middleton was elected as president to replace Randolph, but he declined, and Hancock was elected president on May 24.

• The Second Continental Congress

  • Randolph was soon called away by other duties and succeeded by John Hancock as president.
  • Other notable members of the Congress included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams.

• Gender and Politics

  • She is known for her March, 1776 letter to John Adams and the Continental Congress, requesting that they "... remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.
  • She became a correspondent and adviser to many political leaders, including Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and especially John Adams, who became her literary mentor in the years leading to the Revolution.

• The Framers of the Constitution

  • Morris identified seven figures as the main Founding Fathers: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
  • John Adams was in Britain, serving as minister to that country, but he wrote home to encourage the delegates.
  • Patrick Henry refused to participate because he "smelt a rat in Philadelphia, tending toward the monarchy. " John Hancock and Samuel Adams were also absent.

• Shay's Rebellion and the Revision of the Articles of Confederation

  • Shays pleaded for his life in a petition that was finally granted by John Hancock on June 17, 1788.
  • In early 1787 John Jay wrote that the rural disturbances and the inability of the central government to fund troops in response made "the inefficiency of the Federal government [become] more and more manifest. " Henry Knox observed that the uprising in Massachusetts clearly influenced local leaders who had previously opposed a strong federal government.

• The Bill of Rights

  • Only after two leading Anti-Federalists, John Adams and John Hancock, negotiated a far-reaching compromise did the convention vote for ratification on February 6, 1788.

• Lexington and Concord

  • Instructions from London called for the arrest of rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock.

• The Townshend Acts

  • John Hancock was one of Boston’s most successful merchants and prominent citizens.

• The Triumph of Congressional Reconstruction

  • Third Military District: Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under General John Pope and George Meade
  • Fifth Military District: Texas and Louisiana, under Generals Philip Sheridan and Winfield Scott Hancock

• Johnson's Battle with Congress

  • Third Military District: Georgia, Alabama and Florida, under General John Pope and George Meade
  • Fifth Military District: Texas and Louisiana, under Generals Philip Sheridan and Winfield Scott Hancock