JOHN HANCOCK

Singer of the Declaration

Early Life

Born in Quincy Massachusetts on January 12, 1973

Had a privileged childhood and was admitted into Harvard graduating in 1754.

When Johns father died his uncle Thomas adopted him by whom he was employed at the Hancock counting house. Then when his uncle died he inherited the business as well as

From Protest to Revolution The British needed money to pay for the

seven years war so they decided to tax the colonists to get it.

The government went through a series of taxes from the stamp act to the tea act.

Colonists got angry

John Hancock in the Revolution The same year that the government

passed the stamp act that John Hancock became the Representative for Boston in the secret gang of rebels behind protest.

When British officials seized his sloop the liberty he started the evasion alarm allowing rebels to barely escape.

The Declaration of Independence John Hancock is probably best known

for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence. His actions for this were because he wanted the king of England to easily see his signature.

Lexington and Concord Both John Hancock and John Adams

were fighting in the battle of Lexington and Concord. As John Hancock was receiving a trunk for a friend he saw the British nearing the tavern he was at. Luckily the shot herd around the world distracted the British as John escaped.