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 John Hancock By Victor Horning Have you ever wondered who signed the declaration of independence the biggest and nicest? Well that is me! Hi, my name is John Hancock and I am here to tell you about my life.

I was born in Braintree, MA, Jan 1737. My dad was a minister, and he died when I was very young, so I was adopted by my wealthy uncle. Since my uncle was in the shipping business, I learned to run it very successfully.

I am a very educated person. I went to Boston Latin School, and I graduated in 1750. I continued to Harvard College and graduated in 1754 with a Bachelor’s Degree.

I have accomplished many things in my life, but these are the ones I am most proud of: I always wanted to be wealthy! I became one of the richest men in the colonies after I inherited my uncle’s shipping business, land & house when he died.

I always wanted to be noticed and stand out, so I got into politics right before the revolutionary war. I am famous for a lot of things but here are the ones I am most famous for: I am very successful in politics and have held several offices. I was in the House of Representatives in Massachusetts. Also, I was President of Provincial Congress of Massachusetts. Then I was promoted to President of Continental Congress. Finally, I was elected as Governor of Mass, after the war.

People believe that I helped initiate the Revolutionary War when my boat “Liberty” was seized by the British and I was unfairly accused of smuggling. Although charges were dropped due to public support in my favor, this incident as well as my famous speech condemning the ‘Boston Massacre’ and my support of the ‘Boston Tea Party’ fueled the fire that led to the Revolutionary War.

During the war, I was a Major General of the Massachusetts Militia, although a strong patriot I was not a ‘great’ war leader and soon decided to go back to politics as the Governor of Massachusetts.

I married Dorothy Quincy and I had two children, a boy and girl but they both die at a young age.

Finally, I get sick with gout & my life ends at age 56 on October 8, 1793.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY SPEECH !