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		Display Information John Adams His father was a Braintree, Mass., farmer and shoemaker. Although Adams was able to attend college, his two younger brothers did not, and became farmers. In 1770, Adams defended the ... read this biography Documents related to this person: John Adams Describes Escalating Tensions in Massachusetts John Adams Describes the Situation in Boston Five Days Prior to the Boston Tea Party John Adams Describes the Colonists' Grievances John Adams Proposes a Plan for a New State Government with Three Branches White Slavery John Adams and Slavery John Adams on Alexander Hamilton John Adams on Aaron Burr Slavery and Race in Jeffersonian America Outrage over Impressment Madison Becomes President Relations with Britain A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law Thoughts on Government Samuel Adams As one of the chief organizers of protests against British imperial policies, Adams was, in Thomas Jefferson's words, "truly the man of the Revolution." A founder of the Sons of Liberty, the ... read this biography Documents related to this person: Samuel Adams Describes the Situation in Massachusetts in 1772 John Hancock Best known as the bold first signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock played a key role in the formative years of the American nation. Born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts, Han ... read this biography Documents related to this person: John Hancock Recounts British Hostilities Against the Colonists Bostonians Protest the Townshend Acts Parick Henry Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia. Elected to the house of burgesses in 1765, he became a leader in Virginia's opposition to the Stamp Act. In 1775, as sentiment for independence rose ... read this biography Documents related to this person: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Thomas Paine "I know not," John Adams wrote in 1806, "whether any man in the world has had more influence on its inhabitants or affairs for the last thirty years than Thomas Paine." After endur ... read this biography Documents related to this person: Common Sense The American Crisis George Washington Our nation's capital, a state, and a soaring obelisk represent monuments to George Washington. He gained an international reputation when he surrendered his sword to Congress after he resigned as comm ... read this biography Documents related to this person: George Washington Reports on the Status of the War to Congress George Washington Describes the Continental Army's Needs Washington's Farewell Address Letter to Henry Knox about Shays' Rebellion Should Washington Attend the Constitutional Convention? On Becoming President: A letter to Henry Knox Ratifying the Constitution Washington and Europe Washington and the Republicans Washington on Political Partisanship Washington on Slavery George Washington's Farewell Address The Whiskey Rebellion Letter from Gen. George Washington to John Hancock, President of Congress Richard Henry Lee Fifth son and seventh of 11 children, Lee was born in 1732 along the Potomac shore at Stratford Hall. His initial tutorial education was supplemented by extensive study at Wakefield Academy, in Yorksh ... read this biography George Mason In 1725 George Mason was born to George and Ann Thomson Mason. When the boy was 10 years old his father died, and young George's upbringing was left in the care of his uncle, John Mercer. The future j ... read this biography Documents related to this person: George Mason Describes the State of the Revolutionary War in 1781 Virginia Constitution