The life of John Hancock John Hancock was born on January 23, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts, present day City of…
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John Hancock was one of the wealthiest men in the colonies before joining the revolutionary cause. Hancock is best known…
Hancock’s political career started in 1765 as a Boston Selectman during the dawn of the Stamp Act. He started out…
Was John Hancock a smuggler? A common joke of the time was “Sam Adams writes the letters and John Hancock…
John Hancock held the following public offices: 1765: Boston Town counsel selectman. 1765: Massachusetts representative to the Stamp Act Congress.…