John Hancock

John Hancock 

John Hancock was a Patriot of the American Revolution. He was born on January 23, 1737 in Baintree, Massachussetts and he died on October 8, 1793 in Hancock Manor, Boston. He was the president of the Second Continental Congress. He is remember because of his large signature in the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.




On December 1,1774 the Massachussetts´s Provincial  Congress elected Hancock as their delegate in the Continental Congress. Before the American Revolution, he was a very wealthy man. Hancock used his wealth  to support colonial cause. He was one of the Boston Leaders during the crisis that led  the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in 1775. He served for the Continental Congress in Phylapelphia.

On May 24, 1775 he was unanimously elected  President of The Continental Congress succeding to Peyton Radolph. He was the president of The Continental Congress during the signing of the Declaration of Independence. He is remembered because of his big signature.