John Hancock's Founding Fathers

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On July 2nd, 1776, the Second Continental Congress under the presidency of John Hancock voted for independence from the British crown (Harrison). Conflict between Great Britain and her thirteen colonies across the sea had been brewing for some time, and came to a head at the battles of Lexington and Concord the preceding year. After weeks of debating behind closed doors in a hot Philadelphia town hall, the arguments of men such as Patrick Henry and Richard Lee had convinced almost every single delegate of the necessity of independence, and on July 4th a declaration penned by Thomas Jefferson was adopted (Harrison). During the period of the American Revolution, there was gathered a collection of minds that can hardly be matched by any other in all of world history. …show more content…
It stirs our imagination by the heroics of George Washington, Paul Revere, John Hancock, and John Paul Jones. The list of heroes continues with figures such as Peyton Randolph, Betsy Ross, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Adams, Dolley Madison and many more. The genius, bravery, and foresight of these luminaries brought about the United States of America and all the freedoms, rights, and liberties afforded by the values instilled in her founding. In recent years, however, the Founding Fathers have been defamed as bigoted, racist, and sexist. Many seem to think that America is institutionally biased toward white men, but a thorough understanding of what the founding fathers actually believed reveals why America is the greatest, freest, and most inclusive nation in
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